Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trichotomous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tri-choto-mous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.

adj

Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, exactly one of xRy, yRx or x=y holds.

Example Sentences

"a trichotomous stem"
"> is a trichotomous relation, while the relation "divides" over the natural numbers is not."

Etymology

From trichotomy + -ous. Modelled on dichotomous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: trichotomy

Derived Forms

ditrichotomous trichotomously

Questions

What does trichotomous mean?: Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.
Where does trichotomous come from?: From trichotomy + -ous. Modelled on dichotomous.

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