ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Trichotomous

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Trichotomous is an adjective meaning Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.

Meaning

Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.

More Meanings

  1. (set theory) Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, exactly one of xRy, yRx or x=y holds.

Example Sentences

a trichotomous stem
> is a trichotomous relation, while the relation "divides" over the natural numbers is not.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trichotic, ditrichotomous, trimerous, three-pronged, tripartible, trifurcate.

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