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单词 trichotomy
释义 tri·chot·o·my
\-_mē\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin trichotomia, from Greek trichotomein to trisect (from tricha threefold — akin to Greek treis three — + temnein to cut) + Latin -ia -y — more at three, tome
1. : a dividing into three parts, elements, or classes
 < the trichotomy of speech-sciences into phonetics, phonemics, and historical phonetics — R.S.Wells >
— compare polytomy
2. : a system divided or divisible into three constituents or elements
 < to speak of man as a trichotomy, … having a division into three parts — Gottfried de Purucker >
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