tristate
tristate adjective: having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
Adjective
tristate (not comparable)
- Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
- This tristate logic deals with true, false, and unknown values.
- 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.
Noun
tristate (plural tristates)
- A variable, etc. that can take any of three distinct values.
- The 4 input ports are simply tristates that can be addressed to enable the data from any one of them to be read by the standard input port of the printer interface.2000, John Blankenship, C is for Control
- Configuration options that control the build process are either Booleans or tristates.2010, Robert Love, Linux Kernel Development, page 14
- The area in some regions of the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
- The Tristate is on alert after a rash of home burglaries.
tristate meaning in Tamil
tristate in Tamil
- மும்மைநிலை
Forms of tristate
| plural | tristates |
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Origin of tristate
From tri- + state.
Words formed from tristate
- tri-state area
Questions about tristate
- What does tristate mean?
- Tristate means having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
- What is tristate in Tamil?
- Tristate in Tamil is மும்மைநிலை. See Tristate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tristate?
- Tristate can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near tristate in the dictionary
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