A trichotomy can refer to: * Law of trichotomy, a mathematical law that every real number is either positive, negative, or zero ** Trichotomy theorem, in finite group theory * Trichotomy (jazz trio), Australian jazz band, collaborators with Danny Widdicombe on a 2019 album *

Trichotomy (philosophy) A trichotomy is a three-way classificatory division. Some philosophers pursued trichotomies. History Important trichotomies discussed by Aquinas include the causal principles (agent, patient, act), the potencies for the intellect (imaginatio ...

, series of three terms used by various thinkers * Trichotomy (speciation), three groups from a common ancestor, where it is unclear or unknown in what chronological order the three groups split * Trichotomous or 3-forked branching in botany * Trichotomism, a term for the tripartite view in Christian anthropology

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