Trichotomy

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A trichotomy can refer to:

  • Law of trichotomy, a mathematical law that every real number is either positive, negative, or zero
    • Trichotomy theorem, in finite group theory
  • Trichotomy (jazz trio), Australian jazz band, collaborators with Danny Widdicombe on a 2019 album
  • Trichotomy (philosophy), series of three terms used by various thinkers
  • Trichotomy (speciation), three groups from a common ancestor, where it is unclear or unknown in what chronological order the three groups split
  • Trichotomous or 3-forked branching in botany
  • Trichotomism, a term for the tripartite view in Christian anthropology

See also

  • Tripartite (disambiguation)
  • Triune (disambiguation)
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