trichotomy

IPA: traɪkˈɑtʌmi

Division or separation into three groups or pieces.
(algebra) the property of an order relation whereby, given an ordered pair of elements (of a given algebraic structure), exactly one of these is true: the first element is 'less than' the second one, the second is 'less than' the first, or the two elements are equal.

Examples of "trichotomy" in Sentences

I thought the "trifling trichotomy" was kinda clever, too!
POLITY codes this variable as a trichotomy, with 0 meaning that there is no legislature.
I would add another category to your dichotomy (trichotomy?) and that would be 'the street'.
So Hegel's trichotomy reveals itself to be inadequate, even if it was a useful point of departure.
Three Paths, indeed . . . and, yet, even that trichotomy seemed far too simple to truly explain it.
It is the relationship between the street thug, Arnold, and the siblings that awakens the sleeping racism within this trifling trichotomy.
As a point of departure only, I will lean on Hegel's trichotomy without thereby concurring with his application of it to specific philosophical questions.
Gilani said that his two-year-old government was following the principle of 'trichotomy' enshrined in the Constitution, which draws "red lines" about the spheres of parliament, executive and the judiciary.