TRIPLEX

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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

triplex (not comparable)

Having three parts; triple or threefold.

(architecture) Having three floors or other divisions.

Noun

triplex (countable and uncountable, plural triplexes)

A building with three apartments or divisions

(juggling) A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.

(music, uncountable) Triple time.

Verb

triplex (third-person singular simple present triplexes, present participle triplexing, simple past and past participle triplexed)

(transitive) To make triplex.

Etymology

Proper noun

Triplex

(British) a safety glass for car windows, consisting of three layers (glass and mica).

Source: Wiktionary


Tri"plex, a. (Mach.)

Definition: Havingthree principal operative parts or motions, so as to produce a three-fold effect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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