Associations to the word «Trichotomy»

TRICHOTOMY, noun. Division or separation into three groups or pieces.

TRICHOTOMY, noun. (algebra) the following property of an order relation (e.g., "less than"): for any two elements (of a given algebraic structure) there are exactly three possibilities: either the first element is less than the second one, the second element is less than the first one, or the two elements are equal.

TRICHOTOMY, noun. Being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses.