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termless
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terms of sale
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tern (2)
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ternary system
ter·na·ry sys·tem or ter·na·ry num·ber sys·tem


noun 
Definition:
 
number system to base 3: the number system that uses 3 as a basis for counting or ordering, numbers being expressed as sequences of the digits 0, 1, and 2
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