trichotomous
adjective
tri·chot·o·mous trī-ˈkä-tə-məs 
: divided or dividing into three parts or into threes
trichotomous branching
trichotomously adverb
Word History
Etymology
Late Greek trichotomein to trisect, from Greek tricha in three (akin to treis three) + -tomein (akin to temnein to cut) — more at three, tome
First Known Use
1800, in the meaning defined above
- childly
- childminder
- childminders
- childproof
- childproofed
- childproofer
- childproofest
- childprooffer
- childprooffest
- childproofing
- childproofs
- children
- children of Israel
- children of light
- children should be seen and not heard
- children's court
- Children's Day
- children's-bane
- childrenite
- childs
- chile
- Chile bonito
- chile con queso
- chile de arbol
- chile de árbol