Ternary

A numeral system with 3 digits: 0, 1 and 2.

The rightmost digit has the value 1, the digit to the left of it has the value 3 (10=3, 20=6). The digits to the left of that are 3*3 (9), 3*3*3 (27), 3*3*3*3 (81) and so on...

Similar to the binary byte, the ternary system has tryte, six ternary digits. There are 729 possible trytes. (compare with 256 possible bytes!)

Consider the tryte 201202 for example:

2 * 3^5 (243) = 486
0 * 3^4 (81) = 0
1 * 3^3 (27) = 27
2 * 3^2 (9) = 18
0 * 3^1 (3) = 0
2 * 3^0 (1) = 2

486+27+18+2 = 533

So 201202 in ternary means 533 in decimal!

by Oxeye Daisy October 16, 2006

Ternative

ASAP in the language of a female

Emma just texted me saying;

“Thespacebuttonisbrokenonmyphonecanyoupleasegivemeanalternative”
Meaning she wants anal ASAP

by FrozenButSunny June 3, 2019

'ternets

THE new way to say Internet. See "ternets"

Boy, sure are a lot of 'ginas on the ole 'ternets.

by Ðans May 30, 2006

Ternikle

Pieces of carpet

She found some ternikle near her door.

by Canay May 11, 2011

terneisha

A pretty girl who can rock out your whole pan but has great sex skills.

Terneisha can steal yuh man.

by Suck breast May 2, 2018

Ternion

The most useless reddit award ever.

Yo man did you hear someone spent $125 to give this dude a ternion?

by Redditawardsareshit August 23, 2020

Ternence

A kind and loving person that shows truth and dignity to other people. A person that shows tons of leadership. This person has good grades even while playing sports yearly. He usually gets made fun of a lot for no reason because of his race. Doesn’t get mad and has an insanely good temper.

Ternence.. Kind..

by Yamamoto March 15, 2023