trichotomous

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Definition of trichotomous

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.
    “a trichotomous stem”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.
    “a trichotomous stem”
  2. (not-comparable)Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, exactly one of xRy, yRx or x=y holds.
    “> is a trichotomous relation, while the relation "divides" over the natural numbers is not.”

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Etymology

From trichotomy + -ous. Modelled on dichotomous.

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