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Definition of Ternary

Ternary
Ternary Ter"na*ry, n.; pl. Ternaries. A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad. Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single. --Holder.
Ternary
Ternary Ter"na*ry, a. [L. ternarius, fr. terni. See Tern, a.] 1. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration. 2. (Chem.) Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.

Meaning of Ternary from wikipedia

- Look up ternary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ternary (from Latin ternarius) or trinary is an adjective meaning "composed of three items". It can...
- 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)...
- 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)...
- 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...
- modern point-set topology. The most common construction is the Cantor ternary set, built by removing the middle third of a line segment and then repeating...
- materials chemistry, a ternary compound or ternary phase is a chemical compound containing three different elements. While some ternary compounds are molecular...
- In computer programming, the ternary conditional operator is a ternary operator that is part of the syntax for basic conditional expressions in several...
- 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...