How to pronounce ternary
American English pronunciation
TUR-nuh-ree
- IPA
- /ˈtɝnəɹi/
- Syllables
- TUR · nuh · ree (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What ternary means
Made of three parts, or arranged in threes
In a sentence: The song had a ternary shape: a first part, a middle part, then the first part again.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word for something made of three things, from a word meaning three at a time.
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