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tricotomy

tricotomy is the misspelling of trichotomy.

Meaning of trichotomy

Noun

trichotomy (countable and uncountable, plural trichotomies)

  1. Division or separation into three groups or pieces.
  2. the property of an order relation whereby, given an ordered pair of elements (of a given algebraic structure), exactly one of these is true: the first element is 'less than' the second one, the second is 'less than' the first, or the two elements are equal.
    • [A linear order] obeys the following trichotomy law[.]Aliprantis, Border (2006), Infinite Dimensional Analysis: A Hitchhiker's Guide (3rd ed.), p. 6

Questions about tricotomy

What is tricotomy the misspelling of?
Tricotomy is the misspelling of trichotomy.

Words near tricotomy in the dictionary

  1. tricoteuses
  2. tricotine
  3. tricotines
  4. tricotomize
  5. tricotomized
  6. tricotomy
  7. tricots
  8. tricotyledon
  9. tricotyledonous
  10. tricotyledons
  11. tricotée

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