Meaning of trichotomous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways.
   not-comparable
2. Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, exactly one of xRy, yRx or x=y holds.
   not-comparable

Examples

“a trichotomous stem”

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

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