<b><font size="4">"ternary"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows" [syn: <a href="../treble.html">treble</a>, <a href="../triple.html">triple</a>, <a href="../triplex.html">triplex</a>]</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: <a href="../three.html">three</a>, <a href="../3.html">3</a>, <a href="../III.html">III</a>, <a href="../trio.html">trio</a>, <a href="../threesome.html">threesome</a>, <a href="../tierce.html">tierce</a>, <a href="../leash.html">leash</a>, <a href="../troika.html">troika</a>, <a href="../triad.html">triad</a>, <a href="../trine.html">trine</a>, <a href="../trinity.html">trinity</a>, <a href="../ternion.html">ternion</a>, <a href="../triplet.html">triplet</a>, <a href="../tercet.html">tercet</a>, <a href="../terzetto.html">terzetto</a>, <a href="../trey.html">trey</a>, <a href="../deuce-ace.html">deuce-ace</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../ternary.html">http://www.word.sc/ternary</a>

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