triple
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)tripled, tripling
Noun (3)
- a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third baseSynonyms: three-base hitthree-baggerType of base hit, safetyKinds line-drive triple, line triple
- a set of three similar things considered as a unitSynonyms: triotriadtripletType of setKinds triplicity, trilogyExamples Trimurti
- a quantity that is three times as great as anotherType of multiple
Adjective (2)
- having three units or components or elements“a ternary operation”“a treble row of red beads”“overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”“triple time has three beats per measure”“triplex windows”Synonyms: ternarytrebletriplexOpposite singleSimilar multiple
- three times as great or many“a claim for treble (or triple) damages”“a threefold increase”Synonyms: treblethreefoldthree-foldOpposite singleSimilar multiple
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Translations
Adjective made up of three related elements
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See Double, and cf. Treble.
1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
By thy triple shape as thou art seen.— John Dryden
2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
3. One of three; third. obsolete William Shakespeare
Triple crown, the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See Tiara, 2. — Triple-expansion steam engine, a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively. — Triple measure Music, a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented. — Triple ratio Mathematics, a ratio which is equal to 3. — Triple salt Chemistry, a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt. — Triple star Astronomy, a system of three stars in close proximity. — Triple time Music, that time in which each measure is divided into three equal parts. — Triple valve, in an automatic air brake for railroad cars, the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading from the locomotive.
Origin: Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, adjective
To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54