Adjective ternary has 1 sense
- ternary, treble, triple, triplex - having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows"
Antonym: single (indirect, via multiple)
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Noun ternary has 1 sense
- three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
--1 is a kind of digit, figure
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