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单词 trichotomy
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trichotomyn.

Brit. /trʌɪˈkɒtəmi/, /trᵻˈkɒtəmi/, U.S. /traɪˈkɑdəmi/
Etymology: < Greek τρίχα triply + -τομία cutting: after dichotomy n.
Division into three; arrangement or classification in three divisions, classes, or categories.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > division into three categories
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1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God viii. iv. 303 This Trichotomy or triple diuision doth not contradict the other Dichotomy.
1734 J. Kirkby tr. I. Barrow Usefulness Math. Learning viii. 119 His [Aristotle's] trichotomy..into Hypotheses, Definitions, and Axioms.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xli. 416 It remained..for Kant to establish..the decisive trichotomy of the mental powers.
1868 Contemp. Rev. 7 598 Popular theology is rather founded on the dichotomy of man into body and soul, than on the Christian trichotomy of body, soul, and spirit.
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