US /ˈtɝniən/ UK /ˈtɜːniən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a set or group of three; a triad

    The treatise grouped the virtues into a ternion of related qualities.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a set or group of three; a... triadtriotripletthreesometrinity
Word family
Related forms ternaryterntertiary

Etymology

From Late Latin ternio ('a group of three'), from Latin terni ('three each'), from tres ('three').

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