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ternary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Ternary (from
Latin ternarius) or
trinary is an
adjective meaning "composed of
three items". It can...
- A
ternary computer, also
called trinary computer, is one that uses
ternary logic (i.e., base 3)
instead of the more
common binary system (i.e., base 2)...
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materials chemistry, a
ternary compound or
ternary phase is a
chemical compound containing three different elements.
While some
ternary compounds are molecular...
- A
ternary /ˈtɜːrnəri/
numeral system (also
called base 3 or trinary) has
three as its base.
Analogous to a bit, a
ternary digit is a trit (trinary digit)...
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Ternary form,
sometimes called song form, is a three-part
musical form
consisting of an
opening section (A), a
following section (B) and then a repetition...
- A
ternary plot,
ternary graph,
triangle plot,
simplex plot, or
Gibbs triangle is a
barycentric plot on
three variables which sum to a constant. It graphically...
- In mathematics, a
ternary operation is an n-ary
operation with n = 3. A
ternary operation on a set A
takes any
given three elements of A and combines...
- mathematics, a
ternary relation or
triadic relation is a
finitary relation in
which the
number of
places in the
relation is three.
Ternary relations may...
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slightly more
natural in
languages with 0-origin subscripts).
Nested ternaries can be
simulated as c(expr1,expr2,expr3)[which.first((c(cond1,cond2,TRUE))]...
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Balanced ternary is a
ternary numeral system (i.e. base 3 with
three digits) that uses a
balanced signed-digit
representation of the
integers in which...
