TRIPLE

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

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Etymology

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (made up of three related elements): tern, treble; see also triple

• (three times the quantity): threefold, thrissome; see also threefold

Noun

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.

Hyponyms

• (computing): Hoare triple

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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