tristate

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tristate

adjective

not comparable Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states. This tristate logic deals with true, false, and unknown values.
not comparable Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a region in the United States where three state borders come to a single point. The event will be sponsored by several tristate businesses.

noun tristates

A variable, etc. that can take any of three distinct values. The 4 input ports are simply tristates that can be addressed to enable the data from any one of them to be read by the standard input port of the printer interface.
capitalized, often The area in some regions of the United States where three state borders come to a single point. The Tristate is on alert after a rash of home burglaries.

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@misc{tristate_2026,
  title = {tristate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tristate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}