The relationship between two sets, A and B, is a trilemma if there are three possibilities. There are phenomena that are members of (1) both set A and set B, (2) neither set A, nor set B, and (3) only set A, but not set B. There are no phenomena that are members of set B that are not also members of set A. In other words, all elements of set B are also members of set A, but not all elements of set A are elements of set B.
Tibetan: མུ་གསུམ། mu-gsum
J. Hopkins: Three possibilities; Three permutations
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