Ternary

A numeral system with 3 digits: 0, 1 and 2.

The rightmost digit has the value 1, the digit to the left of it has the value 3 (10=3, 20=6). The digits to the left of that are 3*3 (9), 3*3*3 (27), 3*3*3*3 (81) and so on...

Similar to the binary byte, the ternary system has tryte, six ternary digits. There are 729 possible trytes. (compare with 256 possible bytes!)

Consider the tryte 201202 for example:

2 * 3^5 (243) = 486
0 * 3^4 (81) = 0
1 * 3^3 (27) = 27
2 * 3^2 (9) = 18
0 * 3^1 (3) = 0
2 * 3^0 (1) = 2

486+27+18+2 = 533

So 201202 in ternary means 533 in decimal!

Ternary by Oxeye Daisy October 16, 2006

Ternary

A halo, such as one found on an angel.

The angel's ternary shone brightly.

Ternary by 1234urawhore September 28, 2006

Trenary Pitch Fork 

When you douse your arm in gasoline, light it, then fist fuck a cow in the fields of Trenary.

"I got wasted last night and gave my cow a Trenary Pitch Fork"

Trenary Pitch Fork by AWDM-Town January 14, 2009

terary 

I person who is known to contrary but genuinely kind hearted.

He seems contrary but he is actually terary.

terary by ChambersTmc October 18, 2021

Tennary

tennary is a character from a game named Deltafuck created by TenyFox and his friends, he's basically the mix of tenna and flowery from Deltarune

Person 1: hi do you know tennary?
Person 2: yeah i freaking love tennary
Person 1: woah thats soo cool!

Tennary by Caiolitas August 26, 2026