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TRIPLING
tripling
(noun) increase by a factor of three
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
tripling
present participle of triple
Noun
tripling (plural triplings)
An act of multiplying by three.
Source: Wiktionary
TRIPLE
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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