Timeline for Is there a word analogous to "dual" for three or more options?
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| Mar 6, 2017 at 18:17 | comment | added | Hot Licks | One definite problem with "triune" (besides the fact that spell checkers don't like it) is that it is very strongly associated with Christianity and "The Trinity". Very likely many readers would not understand that it could be used in a generic context. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 19:22 | comment | added | David Richerby | Not sure why one would use this rather obscure word when the natural and obvious "triple" is, well, natural and obvious. If somebody wrote "triune" where "triple" could be used, I'd start looking at dictionaries, trying to figure out if they had some more nuance or more complex meaning in mind. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 18:15 | history | answered | DJ Far | CC BY-SA 3.0 |