单词 | ternary |
释义 | ternaryadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Pertaining to, consisting of, compounded of, or characterized by a set (or sets) of three; threefold, triple. ternary system (of classification), one in which each division is into three parts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective] thrilec725 threefoldc1000 treblec1374 trinec1386 thrinfalda1400 tripartitec1420 triparted1429 ternaryc1430 trinary1474 triplicate?a1475 trivial?a1475 triplage1526 threefolded1528 triple1552 treblefold1561 trifold1578 trinal1590 tripart1592 ternal1599 triplexa1616 tergeminous1656 ternarious1656 triplasian1678 triplet1697 ternarian1732 triangular1812 Trinitarian1812 triplasic1864 three-body1936 triplexed1974 c1430 Art Nombryng 19 Some vsen forto distingue the nombre by threes, and ay begynne forto wirche vndre the first of the last ternary other uncomplete nombre. 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery ii. ii. vi. 169 The ternarie number doth not determine the apparitions in themselues. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1302 This ternary or threefold number. 1659 J. Owen Div. Origin Authority Script. in Wks. (1853) XVI. 340 The Trinity..is a trinity in unity, or the ternary number of persons in the same essence. 1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig.: Pt. II ii. ii. 129 The Profane and Ignorant may make a Jest of this Ternary Chain. 1724 D. Waterland Farther Vindic. Christ's Divinity iv. §10 The equality is mentioned as belonging to the ternary number, here considered as a figure of the Trinity. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iii. 107 Ternary variations in which each of the three groups approximately attests a different variant. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. at Symmetry If [the angle is] 120°, or the crystal repeats itself three times, the symmetry is threefold or ternary and the axis is a triad axis. b. Music. ternary measure or time: triple time (? obsolete). ternary form: the form of a movement which consists of three main divisions, spec. one in which the first subject recurs after a contrasting subject; also absol. as ternary. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > specific rhythms triplac1550 semibreve time1591 common measure1597 common time1597 nonupla1597 triple1597 binary measure1609 triple time1654 treble time1686 ternary measure or time1728 alla breve1731 ribattuta1740 four-four time1826 compound time1848 dotted rhythm1872 six-eight tempo1873 six-four1873 six-eight time1884 six-four time1884 six-two time1884 twelve-eight1884 slow drag1901 two-rhythm1901 three-four1902 sprung rhythm1944 songo1978 one-drop1979 society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > form > [noun] > specific song form1746 sonata form1832 binary form1875 ternary form1875 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. * The last of the two minimes is marked with a pricke..for perfections sake, that the ternary number may be obserued.] 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Measure Ternary, or Triple Measure, is that wherein the Fall is double to the Rise; or where two Minims are play'd during a Fall, and but one in a Rise. 1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form vi. 41 (heading) Of the ternary form. 1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form vii. 44 If the minuet form is adopted for a complete and isolated composition, it should be lengthened considerably, and then both the minuet and trio may be written in the ternary form. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 432/1 Ternary form, rondo form. Ternary measure, triple time. 1896 W. H. Hadow Sonata Form iv. 29 In its use for purposes of the Folk-song the most primitive Ternary form consists of a melody in three clauses: one of assertion..one of contrast..one of re-assertion. 1908 Athenæum 18 July 78/1 Another interesting instance of modification is that of binary form, which by expansion became ternary. 1931 D. F. Tovey Compan. Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas 2 The vital distinction between ‘binary’ and ‘ternary’ is that between an aggregate whose members are inseparable and an aggregate containing one or more things already complete. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 334/2 Properly, any composition in which the ear seizes two clear divisions is binary, and any in which it seizes three is ternary... ‘Sonata Form’..is often called ‘Compound Binary’... Certain text-books..speak of it as ‘Ternary’. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 335/1 Rondo Form. This may be looked upon as an extension of simple ternary form. 1944 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Music 88/1 The principle of ternary structure appeared first in the French chansons of the 16th century... The idea of a contrasting middle section is quite clearly expressed in the shepherd's solo of Monteverdi's Orfeo... Ternary form became clearly established in the da-capo aria, c. 1700. 1980 New Grove Dict. Music XVIII. 694/1 Tripartite musical form designated symbolically as ABA. The two elements A and B are often thematically independent and each is generally a ‘closed’ structure tonally, so that the interdependence of the two sections characteristic of binary form is not necessarily evident in ternary. c. Chemistry and Mineralogy. Compounded or consisting of three elements or constituents; (of an alloy), composed of three principal metals; (of a mixture) containing three independent components; of or pertaining to such an alloy or mixture.†By Dalton used in the sense ‘consisting of three atoms’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > [adjective] > of or relating to compounds > by number of contitutive elements > three ternary1808 tri-elementary1866 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [adjective] > compounded of three metals ternary1808 1808 Henry in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 98 283 Oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon, united in the form of a ternary compound. 1808 J. Dalton New Syst. Chem. Philos. I. i. 213 If there are two bodies, A and B,..1 atom of A + 2 atoms of B = 1 atom of D, ternary. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 22 These ternary compounds, such as starch, gum, sugar,..are non-nitrogenized. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) 464 Perfect granite is a ternary compound of quartz, felspar, and di-axial mica, universally diffused. 1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. 11 In chemical stability these ternary compounds..are in a marked degree below the binary ones. 1889 Proc. Royal Soc. 1888–9 45 481 Ternary alloys obtained by adding tin to the immiscible pairs of metals, zinc and bismuth, aluminium and lead. 1897 W. D. Bancroft Phase Rule xi. 156 The change of isotherms with the temperature for a ternary system which permits of no compounds and no second solution phase. 1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 251/2 (heading) Methods of representing ternary equilibria. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xi. 261 The theoretical succession of deposition of minerals produced by the evaporation of sea-water is supported to a large extent by experimental work... However, the detailed course of crystallization, which varies considerably with different temperatures, can only be adequately represented by ternary diagrams. 1978 P. W. Atkins Physical Chem. x. 305 Consider a ternary solution of composition a1. This is unsaturated, and is a single phase. 1979 Sci. Amer. Nov. 73/3 The new ternary alloys consist of between 68 and 80 percent copper. d. Botany. Arranged in threes around a common axis: usually in reference to the parts of a flower. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > occurring or arranged in twos, threes, etc. tern1760 twin1812 ternary1830 trimerous1845 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 251 The ternary division of the flower of Monocotyledons is often departed from..; many Dicotyledons have also ternary floral envelopes. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Ternary, ternate, when three things are in opposition round a common axis. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 12 Berberideæ..analogy..in the 3-nary floral whorls with Monocotyledons. e. Mathematics. Constructed on the number three as a base, as ternary logarithm, ternary scale (of notation); involving three variables, as ternary quantic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] > of specific scale nonary1604 decimal1616 binary arithmetic1796 octal1801 sextuple1815 ternary1860 sextal1943 1860 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers IV. 604 The number of variables (the function being homogeneous) is denoted by the words binary, ternary, &c. 1898 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers XIV. Index Ternary Quadratics... Ternary Quadrics... Ternary Quantics. Categories » f. Astronomy. ternary system, a system of three stars which revolve under mutual attraction, or round a common centre. g. Nuclear Physics. ternary fission, fission of an atomic nucleus into three parts. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > [noun] > separation of parts > into three ternary fission1955 1955 Physical Rev. 97 748/2 There is some uncertainty regarding the occurrence in ternary fission of a light fragment having a mass and charge greater than an alpha particle. 1979 Nature 12 Apr. 615/2 Uranium and plutonium decay by ternary fission with only very low probability. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > a third thirdc950 thirdendealc1000 thirdel1297 third parta1400 third pennyc1400 tierce1491 ternary part1599 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 108/2 Which poulder we must diuide into 3 æquall portions, then take therof a ternary parte. 3. Last of each successive group of three; third. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [adjective] > third in order third971 three1521 tertian1592 tertiary1656 ternary1690 ternal1804 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 339 [In extracting roots] Squares..are to be marked with Points..over every Binary or second Figure. Cubes over every Ternary Figure. 4. Third in subordination, rank, or order. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > very subter-superlative1655 terrible1775 third-rate1814 ternary1826 tenth-rate1834 No. Ten1880 tenth-remove1905 awful1916 raggedy1921 stinko1924 piss-poor1945 number ten1953 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlviii. 443 This system..in its ternary groups, equivalent to the Orders of Linné [etc.]. 1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 267 The only wonder is, that when they went to the secondary sense, they did not go to the ternary. 1831 T. Carlyle in Westm. Rev. July 45 In a secondary, and even a ternary reflex. B. n. a. A set or group of three; a ternion, a trio. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [noun] leashc1330 ternarya1464 trinity1542 three?1544 triad1546 trine1554 triplicity1585 ternion1587 pair royal1592 trinary1596 trias1610 gleek1615 triangle1621 triple1653 triumvirate1655 prial1776 trio1777 trefoil1826 trinomy1838 Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred1937 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 8 Make in ȝoure soule to [= two] ternaries, on [= one] in feith, anothir in loue: beleue in God—Fadir and Son and Holy Gost; loue God in al ȝoure hert, al ȝoure soule, and al ȝoure mynde. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. B.iiv Put a prycke ouer the fourth figure,..ouer the .vii...and so forth, styll leuing .ii. figures betwene eche .ii. pryckes. And those roumes betwene the pryckes, are called, ternaries. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 377 I conclude this Ternary of Worthies with Cato. 1686 tr. Livy i. i. xxiv. 15 There happened to be..three Brothers in each Army... The two Kings treated with these two ternaries of Brethren. 1781 S. Johnson Gray in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 26 The second ternary of stanzas [in The Progress of Poetry]. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > [noun] trinitya1250 trinehood1471 trinea1568 ternary1570 triunity1621 triad1661 tritheocracy1850 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *jv By the infinite goodnes of the Almighty Ternarie. 1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Boehme 1st Apol. B. Tylcken in Remainder Bks. 79 There was Joy in Heaven in Ternario Sancto, in the Holy Ternary. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > multiplication > multiple tenth1543 ternary1557 sexagene1570 septuple1632 sextuple1657 quintary1729 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Oivv Thei muste all waies bee ternaries, as .3. 6. 9. or .12. &c. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [noun] trinity?c1425 triplicity1555 triunion1650 ternariness1662 triunity1816 threeness1829 triadism1846 threesomeness1853 threefoldness1857 trinality1864 triality1872 triplenessc1881 trebleness1888 threefoldedness1905 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 266 So the likeness of ternariness shall cease, & such an image shall badly square with the Type, whose image it is believed to be. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective] thrilec725 threefoldc1000 treblec1374 trinec1386 thrinfalda1400 tripartitec1420 triparted1429 ternaryc1430 trinary1474 triplicate?a1475 trivial?a1475 triplage1526 threefolded1528 triple1552 treblefold1561 trifold1578 trinal1590 tripart1592 ternal1599 triplexa1616 tergeminous1656 ternarious1656 triplasian1678 triplet1697 ternarian1732 triangular1812 Trinitarian1812 triplasic1864 three-body1936 triplexed1974 1732 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 3) IV. xv. 147 (note) The ternarian number. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ternary, Ternarious, of or belonging to three. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1430 |
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