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ternaries

Variant of ternary

adjective

  1. made up of three parts or things; threefold; triple
  2. third in order or rank
  3. Chem. of or containing three different atoms, elements, radicals, etc.
  4. Math.
    1. having three as a base
    2. involving three variables
  5. Metallurgy of an alloy of three elements

noun pl. ternaries

Rare a group or set of three

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