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trichotomy

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If NaN < 0 or NaN > 0, you’re giving up x > y ==> -x < -y, which to my mind is a bigger loss than trichotomy.

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Quick take

being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses

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noun

being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for trichotomy.

noun

being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses

Example sentences

1

If NaN < 0 or NaN > 0, you’re giving up x > y ==> -x < -y, which to my mind is a bigger loss than trichotomy.

2

0, then trichotomy goes out the window, and presumably NaN ??

3

While I can see where you are coming from I think the false trichotomy not very valuable as an analytical device.

4

Or am I posing false trichotomy with those questions?Maybe just because argument is about emotions it makes it invalid?

5

I really dislike his transformation of the dichotomy into a trichotomy.

6

Brilliant retort which exposes the rhetorical fallacies in the comment: ad hominem, and, for lack of a better turn of phrase, a false trichotomy.

7

The home/work/third place trichotomy isn't universal in the first place, and people on the internet have exhibited plenty of evidence that they consider it every combination of the three.

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[1] Ok, that's actually extraordinarily unlikely, and I'm glad that other people think we need to look at Bitcoin through the medium of exchange/unit of account/store of value trichotomy and I'm glad that they seem to be going forward with using bitcoin as the basis for an electronic money system without denominating anything in bitcoins.

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It is actually a trichotomy: close-minded, open-minded, and so-open-minded-that-all-your-critical-thinking-ability-has-run-out-your-ears.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use trichotomy in a sentence?

If NaN < 0 or NaN > 0, you’re giving up x > y ==> -x < -y, which to my mind is a bigger loss than trichotomy.

What does trichotomy mean?

being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses

What part of speech is trichotomy?

trichotomy is commonly used as noun.