Perhaps the prettiest number system of all is the balanced ternary notation
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Ternary
//ˈtɜː.nə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "ternary" (88 found)
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24 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- трои́чен adj (Made up of three things)
- троичен adj (Mathematics: To the base three)
Dutch
4 entries- bestande uit drie variabelen adj (Mathematics: Having three variables)
- drieledig adj (Made up of three things)
- drietallig adj (Mathematics: To the base three)
- drievoudig adj (Arranged in group of three)
German
1 entries- ternär adj (Made up of three things)
Greek
3 entries- τετραμερής adj (Mathematics: Having three variables)
- τριαδικός adj (Made up of three things)
- τριαδικός adj (Mathematics: Having three variables)
Icelandic
2 entries- þrístæður adj (Mathematics: Having three variables)
- þríunda adj (Mathematics: To the base three)
Romanian
2 entries- ternar adj (Made up of three things)
- ternar adj (Mathematics: To the base three)
Russian
4 entries- тернарный adj (Mathematics: Having three variables)
- троичный adj (Made up of three things)
- тройно́й adj (Made up of three things)
- трёхкомпонентный adj (Arranged in group of three)
Spanish
1 entries- ternario adj (Made up of three things)
Swedish
3 entries- ternär adj (Made up of three things)
- trefaldig adj (Made up of three things)
- trevärd adj (Made up of three things)
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Sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
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An "if…then…else" construction is called a ternary operator when it is combined in one line of a program.
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And albeit these thynges be waighty and truthes of great importance, yet (by the infinite goodnes of the Almighty Ternarie,) Artificiall Methods and easy wayes are made, by which the zelous Philosopher, may wyn nere this Riuerish Ida, this Mountayne of Contemplation […] .
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