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ternaries
Variant of ternary
adjective
- made up of three parts or things; threefold; triple
- third in order or rank
- Chem. of or containing three different atoms, elements, radicals, etc.
- Math.
- having three as a base
- involving three variables
- Metallurgy of an alloy of three elements
noun pl. ternaries
Rare a group or set of three
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