TERNARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ternary mean? 

• TERNARY (noun)
  The noun TERNARY has 1 sense:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

  Familiarity information: TERNARY used as a noun is very rare.

• TERNARY (adjective)
  The adjective TERNARY has 1 sense:

1. having three units or components or elements

  Familiarity information: TERNARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERNARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

3; deuce-ace; III; leash; tercet; ternary; ternion; terzetto; three; threesome; tierce; trey; triad; trine; trinity; trio; triplet; troika

Hypernyms ("ternary" is a kind of...):

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

• TERNARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having three units or components or elements

Synonyms:

ternary; treble; triple; triplex

Context example:

triplex windows

Similar:

multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)

 Context examples 

Lurtotecan selectively stabilizes the topoisomerase I-DNA covalent complex and forms an enzyme-drug-DNA ternary complex.

(Lurtotecan, NCI Thesaurus)

RASD1 may form a ternary complex with CAPON and NOS1 and may function as a physiologic nitric oxide (NO) effector.

(Activator of G-Protein Signaling 1, NCI Thesaurus)

BAY 56-3722 stabilizes the topoisomerase I-DNA covalent complex and forms an enzyme-drug-DNA ternary complex.

(BAY 56-3722, NCI Thesaurus)

Glutamatergic-mediated nitric oxide (NO) production occurs via the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95)-neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS1) ternary complex.

(Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Most of the IGF-I in the circulation is bound to IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in a ternary complex with acid-labile subunit (ALS); a smaller fraction is bound to the five other IGFBP.

(Food Intake and Energy Homeostasis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An important mediator in many cytokine induced immune and inflammatory responses, agonist binding by IL1R1 leads to formation of a ternary signaling complex of IL1RAP/TOLLIP/MYD88/IRAK1 (or IRAK2) and NF-Kappa-B activation.

(Interleukin-1 Receptor Alpha Type-I, NCI Thesaurus)

Lurtotecan, a semisynthetic analogue of camptothecin, selectively stabilizes the topoisomerase I-DNA covalent complex and forms an enzyme-drug-DNA ternary complex during S phase of the cell cycle, thereby inhibiting religation of topoisomerase I-mediated single-stranded DNA breaks.

(Lurtotecan Liposome, NCI Thesaurus)

With p53 monitoring DNA damage, either XPA loads and possibly orients an incision complex, containing ERCC1 and other repair factors, to the site of DNA damage or XPA, ERCC1, and ERCC4 proteins form a ternary complex that participates in both damage recognition and incision activities.

(DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-1, NCI Thesaurus)