Ternary
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Ternary (from Latin ternarius) can mean:
- Ternary complex, a complex formed by the interaction of three molecules
- Ternary compound, a type of chemical compound
- Ternary computer, a computer using a ternary numeral system
- Ternary form, a form used for structuring music
- Ternary logic, a logic system with the values true, false, and some other value
- Ternary numeral system, a base-3 counting system
- Balanced ternary, a positional numeral system, useful for comparison logic
- Ternary operation, an operation that takes three parameters
- Ternary plot or ternary graph, a plot that shows the ratios of three proportions
- Ternary search, a computer science technique for finding the minimum or maximum of a function
- Ternary signal, a signal that can assume three significant values

