"ternary" adjective 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: treble (http://word.sc/treble), triple (http://word.sc/triple), triplex (http://word.sc/triplex)] noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three (http://word.sc/three), 3 (http://word.sc/3), III (http://word.sc/III), trio (http://word.sc/trio), threesome (http://word.sc/threesome), tierce (http://word.sc/tierce), leash (http://word.sc/leash), troika (http://word.sc/troika), triad (http://word.sc/triad), trine (http://word.sc/trine), trinity (http://word.sc/trinity), ternion (http://word.sc/ternion), triplet (http://word.sc/triplet), tercet (http://word.sc/tercet), terzetto (http://word.sc/terzetto), trey (http://word.sc/trey), deuce-ace (http://word.sc/deuce-ace)] Source: http://www.word.sc/ternary

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