tristate adjective 2noun 2forms 1 adjective2 •Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.This tristate logic deals with true, false, and unknown values. •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. noun2 •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. •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. — 2000 formstristates
