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trichotomous

trichotomous adjective: divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.

Adjective

trichotomous (not comparable)

  1. Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.
    • a trichotomous stem1793, Thomas Martyn, The Language of Botany
  2. Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, exactly one of xRy, yRx or x=y holds.
    • > is a trichotomous relation, while the relation "divides" over the natural numbers is not.

trichotomous meaning in Tamil

trichotomous in Tamil

மூன்று பாதக்கிளைகள்

Origin of trichotomous

From trichotomy + -ous. Modelled on dichotomous.

Words formed from trichotomous

Questions about trichotomous

What does trichotomous mean?
Trichotomous means divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.
What is trichotomous in Tamil?
Trichotomous in Tamil is மூன்று பாதக்கிளைகள். See Trichotomous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trichotomous?
Trichotomous is an adjective.

Words near trichotomous in the dictionary

  1. trichotomize
  2. trichotomized
  3. trichotomizes
  4. trichotomizing
  5. trichotomocolpate
  6. trichotomous
  7. trichotomously
  8. trichotomy
  9. trichotrophy
  10. trichotropid
  11. trichotropids

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