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heteroternary

heteroternary adjective: composed of three different things.

Adjective

heteroternary (not comparable)

  1. Composed of three different things

Origin of heteroternary

From hetero- + ternary.

Questions about heteroternary

What does heteroternary mean?
Heteroternary means composed of three different things.
What part of speech is heteroternary?
Heteroternary is an adjective.

Words near heteroternary in the dictionary

  1. heterotaxis
  2. heterotaxy
  3. heterotelechelic
  4. heterotelic
  5. heterotelomeric
  6. heteroternary
  7. heterotetracyclic
  8. heterotetramer
  9. heterotetrameric
  10. heterotetramerization
  11. heterotetramerizations

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