Word of the Day:
trichotomy
What It Means
Division or separation into three groups or pieces.
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.
Trichotomy in Context
“[A linear order] obeys the following trichotomy law[.]”
Did You Know?
From Ancient Greek τριχοτομία (trikhotomía), from τρίχα (tríkha) + τόμος (tómos) + -ία (-ía).
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