[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"ternary"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]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: [URL="http://www.word.sc/treble"]treble[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/triple"]triple[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/triplex"]triplex[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/three"]three[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/3"]3[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/III"]III[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/trio"]trio[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/threesome"]threesome[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/tierce"]tierce[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/leash"]leash[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/troika"]troika[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/triad"]triad[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/trine"]trine[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/trinity"]trinity[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/ternion"]ternion[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/triplet"]triplet[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/tercet"]tercet[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/terzetto"]terzetto[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/trey"]trey[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/deuce-ace"]deuce-ace[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/ternary"]http://www.word.sc/ternary[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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