ternary, treble, triple, triplex
(adjective) 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”
treble, threefold, three-fold, triple
(adjective) three times as great or many; “a claim for treble (or triple) damages”; “a threefold increase”
triple, three-base hit, three-bagger
(noun) a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
triple
(noun) a quantity that is three times as great as another
trio, triad, triplet, triple
(noun) a set of three similar things considered as a unit
triple, treble
(verb) increase threefold; “Triple your income!”
triple
(verb) hit a three-base hit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
triple (not comparable)
Made up of three related elements, often matching
Of three times the quantity.
Designed for three users.
Folded in three; composed of three layers.
Having three aspects.
(music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
(obsolete) One of three; third.
• (made up of three related elements): tern, treble; see also triple
• (three times the quantity): threefold, thrissome; see also threefold
triple (plural triples)
Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc
(informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
(US) A hamburger with three patties.
(baseball) A three-base hit
(basketball) A three-point field goal
(curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
(mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
• (computing): Hoare triple
triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)
To multiply by three
(baseball) To get a three-base hit
To become three times as large
To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
• Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel
Source: Wiktionary
Tri"ple, a. Etym: [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. Dryden.
2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
3. One of three; third. [Obs.] Shak. 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 (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented.
– Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3.
– Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt.
– Triple star (Astron.), a system of three stars in close proximity.
– Triple time (Mus.), 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.
Tri"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tripling.] Etym: [Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, a.]
Definition: To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.