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Meaning of "ternary" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TERNARY

From Latin ternārius, from ternī three each.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TERNARY

ternary  [ˈtɜːnərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TERNARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ternary can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TERNARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ternary

Ternary is an adjective meaning "composed of three items". It can refer to: ▪ Ternary numeral system, a base-3 counting system ▪ Balanced ternary, a positional numeral system, useful for comparison logic ▪ Ternary logic, a logic system with the values true, false, and some other value ▪ Ternary signal, a signal that can assume three significant values ▪ Ternary computer, a computer using a ternary numeral system ▪ Ternary tree, a tree data structure in computer science ▪ Ternary search tree, a ternary tree data structure of strings ▪ Ternary search, a computer science technique for finding the minimum or maximum of a function ▪ Ternary heap, a data structure in computer science ▪ Ternary plot or ternary graph, a plot that shows the ratios of three proportions ▪ Ternary relation, a finitary relation in which the number of places in the relation is three ▪ Ternary operation, an operation that takes three parameters ▪ Ternary...

Definition of ternary in the English dictionary

The first definition of ternary in the dictionary is consisting of three or groups of three. Other definition of ternary is to the base three. Ternary is also involving or containing three variables.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TERNARY


beanery
ˈbiːnərɪ
bicentenary
ˌbaɪsɛnˈtiːnərɪ
buffoonery
bəˈfuːnərɪ
catenary
kəˈtiːnərɪ
centenary
sɛnˈtiːnərɪ
deanery
ˈdiːnərɪ
denary
ˈdiːnərɪ
fernery
ˈfɜːnərɪ
greenery
ˈɡriːnərɪ
machinery
məˈʃiːnərɪ
ornery
ˈɔːnərɪ
plenary
ˈpliːnərɪ
quaternary
kwəˈtɜːnərɪ
quincentenary
ˌkwɪnsɛnˈtiːnərɪ
scenary
ˈsiːnərɪ
scenery
ˈsiːnərɪ
sublunary
sʌbˈluːnərɪ
tercentenary
ˌtɜːsɛnˈtiːnərɪ
turnery
ˈtɜːnərɪ
unary
ˈjuːnərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TERNARY

termly
termor
terms
terms of reference
terms of trade
termtime
termtime employment
tern
ternal
ternaries
ternary form
ternate
ternately
terne
terne metal
terne plate
Terni
ternion
Ternopol
terotechnology

WORDS THAT END LIKE TERNARY

binary
canary
coronary
culinary
dictionary
disciplinary
evolutionary
extraordinary
imaginary
missionary
ordinary
out of the ordinary
precautionary
preliminary
pulmonary
revolutionary
stationary
the Quaternary
urinary
veterinary

Synonyms and antonyms of ternary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ternary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TERNARY

Find out the translation of ternary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ternary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ternary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

三元
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ternario
570 millions of speakers

English

ternary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

त्रिगुट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثلاثي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

троичной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ternário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ternaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ternary
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ternären
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

三元の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

삼원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ternary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ba chất khác nhau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மும்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तीन-तीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üçlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ternario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trójskładnikowych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

троичной
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ternar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τριμερών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drieledige
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ternär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trefoldig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ternary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TERNARY»

The term «ternary» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of ternary
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «ternary».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TERNARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ternary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ternary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ternary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERNARY»

Discover the use of ternary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ternary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ternary and Multinary Compounds: Proceedings of the 11th ...
The volume focuses on optoelectronic properties, electronic band structure, charge carrier transport, optical and magnetic properties, and superconductivity.
R.D Tomlinson, A.E Hill, R.D Pilkington, 1998
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Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the ...
The small ternary is one of the most important forms in all of classical instrumental music.1 As a theme-type in its own right, the small ternary can constitute the main theme of any full-movement form (sonata, rondo, concerto, etc .). The theme of ...
William E. Caplin, 1998
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Ternary Alloys: Al-Cd-Ce to Al-Cu-Ru
The complete set of the series 'Ternary Alloys' (40 volumes in total) will present all ternary systems which ever have had the attention of experimentalists.
G. Petzow, Günter Effenberg, 1991
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Dante's Divine comedy, tr. in the original ternary rhyme by ...
THE VISION OF HELL: TRANSLATED IN THE ORIGINAL TERNARY RHYME C. B. CAYLET, B.A. Kon ita certandi cupidus, quam propter amorem, Quod te imitari aveo. Lucretius. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
Dante Alighieri, 1851
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OOER '95 Object-Oriented and Entity-Relationship Modeling: ...
Trevor H. Jones' & Il-Yeol Song2 Abstract Our paper seeks to provide an analysis of ternary relationship logic with an objective of identifying whether they can be decomposed given only the constructs and constraints provided during ...
M. Papazoglou, 1995
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Ternary Alloys: Ag-Al-Au to Ag-Cu-P
Volumes 1 and 2 of 'Ternary Alloys' present a critical evaluation of all known phase diagram data for ternary silver systems.
G. Petzow, Günter Effenberg, 1988
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Entity-Relationship Approach - ER '93: 12th International ...
In Entity-Relationship (ER) modeling, the use of ternary and binary relationships indicates a specific semantic relationship between the participating entities. Consider a ternary relationship (X,Y,Z) of cardinality 1:1:1. This relationship indicates ...
Ramez A. Elmasri, Vram Kouramajian, Bernhard Thalheim, 1994
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Multicomponent Diffusion and Phase Separation in Asymmetric ...
4. SPINODAL. DECOMPOSITION. IN. TERNARY. SYSTEMS. WITH. SIGNIFICANTLY. DIFFERENT. COMPONENT. DIFFUSIVITIES. 4.1. Introduction. Understanding phase transitions in multicomponent systems is a key tool for improving ...
Abdulrahman A. Alfarraj, 2007
9
PVT, Phase Behavior and Viscosity Measurements and Modeling ...
For PVT and phase behavior measurements, two DBR PVT cells available in Petroleum Research and Studies Center of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research were utilized.
Salem Saleh Al-Marri, 2006
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Physics of Ternary Compounds / Physik Der Ternären Verbindungen
69B1 Berger, L. T., Prochukhan, V. D.: "Ternary Diamond like Semiconductors". New York, London: Consultants Bureau, 1969. 69B2 Boltivets, N.S., Drobyazko, V.P., Mityurev, V.K.: Sov. Phys. Semicond. 2 (1969) 867. 69R Range, K.J., Becker , ...
M. Böhm, G. Huber, A. MacKinnon, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERNARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ternary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Novel high-κ dielectrics for next-generation electronic devices …
We can, thus, calculate >1800 structures of binary and ternary oxides from the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database and obtain a total property map. We confirm ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
Chinese fund doubles down on copper short
Chaos Ternary Futures, a unit of Shanghai Chaos, remains the biggest holder of short contracts on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, with 24,679 contracts, ... «Financial Times, May 15»
3
What you think about awards (and more)
Guests were given a tour of the hotel's stunning new facilities including Australia's first Digital Concierge, digital reading table and the new Ternary restaurant. «SpiceNews, Apr 15»
4
Flashing woks, sizzling grills — hotel dining gets a dynamic …
The Ternary is at Hotel Novotel Sydney, 100 Murray St, Darling Harbour, Pyrmont. Inside the Ternary Source: Supplied. Comments. facebook. twitter. linkedin. «The Daily Telegraph, Mar 15»
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Structural origins of open-circuit voltage tunability in ternary-blend …
Until 2011, efficiency enhancements in ternary-blend BHJ solar cells were only achieved by broadening the absorption spectrum by using constituents with ... «SPIE Newsroom, Mar 15»
6
The Ternary opens at Novotel Sydney
A new dining concept at the Novotel Sydney Darling Harbour has officially been launched to the public, boasting three distinct dining offerings. The new venue ... «Australian Hospitality Magazine, Feb 15»
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The Single Sydney Girl's Guide to Dining Out this Valentine's Day
The Ternary, Novotel Sydney's new concept restaurant, is serving up a culinary experience you and your friends are sure to remember for the rest of the year. «Famous, Feb 15»
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An Overview of Appeal and Cassation Procedures in Turkish Civil …
5235 introduced a ternary system, by establishing superior courts to courts of first instance that are already functioning. The mentioned legal remedy system will ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Dec 14»
9
Ternary blend polymer solar cells with enhanced power conversion …
(Nanowerk News) New light has been shed on solar power generation using devices made with polymers, thanks to collaboration between scientists in the ... «Nanowerk, Sep 14»
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Quantum dots adapted to glow more brightly
They also found that while quantum dots with both binary and ternary cores shrink after reacting with the oxygen in air, ternary core dots placed on aluminum ... «Optics.org, Sep 14»

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