trichotomy
ə noun, plural tri·chot·o·mies.
1.
division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
2.
an instance of such a division, as in thought, structure, or object.
3.
the three-part division of human beings into body, spirit, and soul.
Related forms
tri·chot·o·mous·ly, adverb
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| —n , pl -mies | |
| 1. | division into three categories |
| 2. | theol the division of man into body, spirit, and soul |
| [C17: probably from New Latin trichotomia, from Greek trikhotomein to divide into three, from trikha triple + temnein to cut] | |
| trichotomic | |
| —adj | |
| tri'chotomous | |
| —adj | |
| tri'chotomously | |
| —adv | |
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