ternion

English

Etymology

From Latin ternio, from terni (“three each”). See tern (adjective).

Noun

ternion (plural ternions)

1. The number three; three things together; a ternary or triplet.
   • 1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC:

     disposing them into ternions of three general hierarchies

2. (bookbinding) A section of paper for a book containing three double leaves or twelve pages.

Synonyms

• (three things together): threesome, triad; see also Thesaurus:trio

Related terms

• quaternion

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ternion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• intoner, nitrone