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Ternary

noun
(pl. ternaries)
1.
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.  Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika.
adjective
1.
Having three units or components or elements.  Synonyms: treble, triple, triplex.  "A treble row of red beads" , "Overcrowding made triple sessions necessary" , "Triple time has three beats per measure" , "Triplex windows"






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... "Of the second ternary of stanzas, the first endeavours to tell something, and would have told it, had it not been crossed by Hyperion; the second describes well enough the universal prevalence of poetry; but I am afraid that the conclusion will not arise from the premises. The caverns of the North and the plains of ...
— Select Poems of Thomas Gray • Thomas Gray



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