1. Having three units, components or elements
   "a ternary operation";
   - treble, triple, triplex

1. (computing) a system or operation based on three values or choices
   "The ternary operator evaluates a condition"
    
2. (mathematics) the number system with base 3, using digits 0, 1, and 2
   "Convert the decimal number to ternary"

Sounds like: tensor, ternary, t

Derived forms: ternaries

See also: multiple

Encyclopedia: Ternary