Ternion

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ternion \Ter"ni*on\, n. [L. ternio, fr. terni three each. See
     {Tern}, a.]
     The number three; three things together; a ternary. --Bp.
     Hall.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ternion
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
           [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
            {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary},
            {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]