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(tûr'nə-rē) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Composed of three or arranged in threes.
  2. Mathematics.
    1. Having the base three.
    2. Involving three variables.
n., pl., -ries.
A group of three.

[Middle English, from Latin ternārius, from ternī, three each. See tern2.]


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1. third in order.
2. made up of three elements or radicals.

Ternary (from Latin ternarius) is an adjective meaning "composed of three items". It can refer to:

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - trefoldig
n. - triade

Nederlands (Dutch)
drievoudig, -delig

Français (French)
adj. - (Chim, Math, Mus) ternaire
n. - (Chim, Math, Mus) ternaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ternär, (Chem.) aus 3 untersch. Gruppen oder Elementen bestehend, (Math.) von 3 Variablen abhängig, (Metallegierung) aus 3 Hauptbestandteilen
n. - Dreierverbindung, Ternion

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τριαδικός

Italiano (Italian)
ternario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ternário (formado de três)

Русский (Russian)
троичный, тернарный, тройной, трехкомпонентный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ternario, triple
n. - terno

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - trefaldig, tre-, trekomponents-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
三个的, 三重的, 三个一组的, 三个一组

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 三個的, 三重的, 三個一組的
n. - 三個一組

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 셋으로 이루어지는, 세 겹의, 3위의
n. - 세 개 한 조

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 三重の, 三進の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ثالث من حيث الترتيب أو ألمنازله, ثلاثي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮(מורכב) משלושה חלקים, שלישי, על בסיס 3 (מתמטיקה), של שלושה, משולש‬
n. - ‮שלישייה‬


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