Definitions for ternary

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ternary ter·na·ry

Spelling: [tur-nuh-ree]

IPA: /ˈtɜr nə ri/

Ternary is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in ternary (aenrrty).

Definitions for ternary

noun

1. a group of three.

adjective

1. consisting of or involving three; threefold; triple.
2. third in order or rank.
3. based on the number three.
4. Chemistry. consisting of three different elements or groups. (formerly) consisting of three atoms.
5. Mathematics. having three variables.
6. Metallurgy. (of an alloy) having three principal constituents.

Origin of ternary

1400-50; late Middle English Latin ternārius made up of three. See tern², -ary

Examples for ternary

When two combinations are observed, they must be presumed to be a binary and a ternary.

In the other case, either one or both solid phases are ternary compounds.

Note the ternary movement of this song, and see Versification, p. lxxiii.

That is, we shall first of all examine the freezing point curves of ternary systems.

In this figure ak′b is an isothermal, ak″ is the curve for the binary system, and K is the ternary critical point.

An example of a ternary system yielding such a boundary surface is that consisting of phenol, water, and acetone.

ternary, and quaternary, consist of three and four elements.

At the last-mentioned point, the ternary salt with 8H2O is formed.

These lines correspond with the ternary eutectic curves k3K1 and k4K2 in Fig. 97.

But opinion is the ternary; for that rationally follows from comprehension.