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Webster 1913 Edition

Trichotomy

Tri-chot′o-my

,

Noun.

[Gr.

τρίχα

threefold, in three parts +

τέμνειν

to cut or divide: cf. F.

trichotomie

.]

Division into three parts.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trichotomy

TRICHOT'OMY

,

Noun.

[Gr. three, and to cut or divide.] Division into three parts.