trit: /trit/ n. [by analogy with `bit'] One base-3 digit; the
amount of information conveyed by a selection among one of three
equally likely outcomes (see also bit). Trits arise, for example,
in the context of a flag that should actually be able to assume
_three_ values -- such as yes, no, or unknown. Trits are sometimes
jokingly called `3-state bits'. A trit may be semi-seriously
referred to as `a bit and a half', although it is linearly
equivalent to 1.5849625 bits (that is, log2(3) bits).
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