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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, noun; pl. {Ternaries}. A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.
Some in ternaries, some in pairs, and some single. --Holder.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ternary \Ter"na*ry\, adjective [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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}, {triple}, {triplex}]
noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce}, {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternion}, {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "ternary": clover, deuce-ace, leash, set of three, shamrock, tercet, tern, ternal, ternate, ternion, terzetto, three, three-ply, threefold, threesome, tierce, treble, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogic, trilogy, trimester, trinal, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplex, triplicate, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triunity, trivet, troika
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ternary A description of an {operator} taking three arguments. The only common example is {C}'s ?: operator which is used in the form "CONDITION ? EXP1 : EXP2" and returns EXP1 if CONDITION is true else EXP2. {Haskell} has a similar "if CONDITION then EXP1 else EXP2" operator. See also {unary}, {binary}. (1998-07-29)
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