trit

See also: trit- and třít

English

Etymology

Blend of trinary +‎ digit, formed in analogy to bit from binary digit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɪt/

Noun

trit (plural trits)

1. (computing) The ternary equivalent of a bit; a fundamental unit of information that may take any of three distinct states.
   • 2016, Gonzalo Navarro, Compact Data Structures, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45:

     For example, consider storing trits (recall Section 2.6.4), which take values in {0, 1, 2}. If we use 2 bits per value, then an array A[1, n] of trits requires 2n bits.

Derived terms

• qutrit

Related terms

• tryte

Anagrams

• RTTI, ritt

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tritt, from the verb treten (Danish træde).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trit/, [ˈtˢʁ̥id̥]

Noun

trit n (singular definite trittet, plural indefinite trit)

1. step, pace (correspondence in time)

   in the modern language mostly in the expressions holde trit (“to keep pace”) and ude af trit (“out of step”)

Declension

Declension of trit

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trit	trittet	trit	trittene
genitive	trits	trittets	trits	trittenes

References

• “trit” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Noun

trit n (indeclinable)

1. imitation of the mouse's noise. squeak

References

• “trit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• trit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Tocharian A

Etymology

Compare Tocharian B trite.

Adjective

trit

1. third