What is the meaning of TERN. Phrases containing TERN
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Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.
The common tern.
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The common tern.
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The number three; three things together; a ternary.
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A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.
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A tern.
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Triternate.
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Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of three metals.
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of Ternary
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Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.
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The black tern.
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A tern; the sea swallow.
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Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches, leaves, or flowers.
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A ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.
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the lesser tern (Sterna minuta).
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Containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, NaOH, is a ternary compound.
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That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
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Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
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Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.
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Proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.
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