Problem with three possible outcomes

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, from dilemma + tri- .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trilemma \Tri*lem"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (see Tri- ) + ? any thing received, in logic, an assumption. Cf. Dilemma .] (Logic) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See Dilemma ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable. 2 (context logic English) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A trilemma is a difficult choice from three options, each of which is (or appears) unacceptable or unfavourable. There are two logically equivalent ways in which to express a trilemma: it can be expressed as a choice among three unfavourable options, one ...