tricotomía

See also: tricotomia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τριχοτομία (trikhotomía, “a cutting in three ways”), from τριχῆ (trikhê, “in three ways, triply”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾikotoˈmia/ [t̪ɾi.ko.t̪oˈmi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: tri‧co‧to‧mí‧a

Noun

tricotomía f (plural tricotomías)

1. trichotomy

Derived terms

• tricotómico

 

Related terms

• dicotomía
• tricótomo

 

Further reading

• “tricotomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014