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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trichotomy /trʌɪˈkɒtəmi, trɪ-/

▶noun (pl. trichotomies) a division into three categories.

– derivatives
trichotomous adjective.

– origin C17: from Gk trikha ‘threefold’, on the pattern of dichotomy.

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