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tri-state

tri-state is the alternative form of tristate.

Meaning of tristate

Adjective

tristate (not comparable)

  1. Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
    • This tristate logic deals with true, false, and unknown values.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a region in the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
    • The event will be sponsored by several tristate businesses.

See all 4 meanings of tristate

Forms of tri-state

comparativemore tri-state
superlativemost tri-state

Origin of tri-state

tri- + state.

Questions about tri-state

What is tri-state the alternative form of?
Tri-state is the alternative form of tristate.

Words near tri-state in the dictionary

  1. tri-quarter
  2. tri-rocker
  3. tri-rockers
  4. tri-rotor
  5. tri-rotors
  6. tri-state
  7. tri-tiered
  8. tri-tip
  9. tri-tips
  10. tri-tone
  11. tri-toned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tri-state (page history and authors); tristate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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