Meaning of Trichotomy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Division or separation into three groups or pieces.
   countable, uncountable
2. the property of an order relation whereby, given an ordered pair of elements (of a given algebraic structure), exactly one of these is true: the first element is 'less than' the second one, the second is 'less than' the first, or the two elements are equal.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[A linear order] obeys the following trichotomy law[.]”

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