Ternary — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

having three units or components or elements

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈɜːnɚɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈɜːnəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈɜːnəɹi/

3 syllables Say it as /tˈɜːnɚɹi/.

Examples

a ternary operation
a treble row of red beads
overcrowding made triple sessions necessary

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

trinity leash triple ternion trine tercet three tierce triplet 3 triplex trio III trey triad treble deuce-ace terzetto troika threesome

Parts of Speech

noun	the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
adjective	having three units or components or elements “a ternary operation”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ternär

die Kardinalzahl, die die Summe von eins und eins und eins ist

🇫🇷French

ternaire

le nombre cardinal qui est la somme de un et un et un

🇪🇸Spanish

ternario

el número cardinal que es la suma de uno más uno y uno

🇮🇹Italian

ternario

il numero cardinale che è la somma di uno più uno più uno

🇳🇱Dutch

ternair

het hoofdtelwoord dat de som is van één en één en één

🇵🇹Portuguese

ternário

o número cardinal que é a soma de um e um e um

🇷🇺Russian

тройной

кардинальное число, которое является суммой одного, одного и одного

India

🇮🇳Hindi

त्रिगुट

कार्डिनल संख्या जो एक और एक और एक का योग है

🇧🇩Bengali

তিরনারি

মূল সংখ্যা যা এক এবং এক এবং এক এর সমষ্টি

🇮🇳Tamil

மும்மை

ஒன்று மற்றும் ஒன்று மற்றும் ஒன்று ஆகியவற்றின் கூட்டுத்தொகையான கார்டினல் எண்

🇮🇳Telugu

తృతీయ

కార్డినల్ సంఖ్య అంటే ఒకటి మరియు ఒకటి మరియు ఒకటి

🇮🇳Marathi

तिरंगी

मुख्य संख्या जी एक आणि एक आणि एकची बेरीज आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટર્નરી

મુખ્ય સંખ્યા કે જે એક અને એક અને એકનો સરવાળો છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ತ್ರಯಾತ್ಮಕ

ಒಂದು ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದು ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದರ ಮೊತ್ತವಾದ ಕಾರ್ಡಿನಲ್ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ത്രിതീയ

ഒന്നിൻ്റെയും ഒന്നിൻ്റെയും ഒന്നിൻ്റെയും ആകെത്തുകയായ കാർഡിനൽ നമ്പർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਿਨਾੜੀ

ਮੁੱਖ ਸੰਖਿਆ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਦਾ ਜੋੜ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹرنری

کارڈنل نمبر جو ایک اور ایک اور ایک کا مجموعہ ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

三元

一加一加一的基数

🇯🇵Japanese

三項

1と1と1の和である基数

🇰🇷Korean

세 개 한 벌

1과 1과 1의 합인 기수

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ba loài

số hồng y là tổng của một và một và một

🇹🇭Thai

ประกอบไปด้วย

จำนวนนับที่เป็นผลรวมของหนึ่งและหนึ่งและหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

terner

bilangan pokok yang merupakan jumlah dari satu dan satu dan satu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ثلاثي

الرقم الأصلي الذي هو مجموع واحد وواحد وواحد

🇮🇷Persian

سه تایی

عدد اصلی که حاصل جمع یک و یک و یک است

🇹🇷Turkish

üçlü

bir ile bir ve birin toplamı olan asal sayı

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְשּוּלָשׁ

המספר הקרדינל שהוא הסכום של אחד ואחד ואחד

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