Tristate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tristate is an adjective meaning Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
Meaning
Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
More Meanings
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a region in the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
- (programming) A variable, etc. that can take any of three distinct values.
- (often capitalized) The area in some regions of the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
Example Sentences
The Tristate is on alert after a rash of home burglaries.
The event will be sponsored by several tristate businesses.
This tristate logic deals with true, false, and unknown values.
Configuration options that control the build process are either Booleans or tristates.
Word Forms
- tristates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include triplex, trinal, tricircular, trizonal, triangular, triphase.
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