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Webster 1913 Edition


Trichotomy

Tri-chot′o-my

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Noun.
[Gr.
τρίχα
threefold, in three parts +
τέμνειν
to cut or divide: cf. F.
trichotomie
.]
Division into three parts.

Webster 1828 Edition


Trichotomy

TRICHOT'OMY

,
Noun.
[Gr. three, and to cut or divide.] Division into three parts.

Definition 2024


trichotomy

trichotomy

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Noun

trichotomy (plural trichotomies)

  1. Division or separation into three groups or pieces.
  2. (algebra) the following property of an order relation (e.g., "less than"): for any two elements (of a given algebraic structure) there are exactly three possibilities: either the first element is less than the second one, the second element is less than the first one, or the two elements are equal.

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