Definitions of ternary

1. 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"

2. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.

3. A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.

4. Proceeding by, or consisting of, threes.

5. The number three; three things together.

6. The number three.

7. Proceeding by, or grouped in, threes.

8. Formed or consisting of three. ternate.

9. A group of three; a triad.

10. Proceeding by threes; consisting of three.

11. Proceeding by threes; consisting of threes; arranged in threes.

12. Ternate.