Triple

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  • adjective. Consisting of three parts or members.
  • adjective. Three times as much in size, strength, number, or amount.
  • adjective. Having three beats to a measure.
  • noun. A number or quantity three times as great as another.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Something having three identifiable or prominent parts or members.
  • noun. Something capable of carrying or moving three people or things, as a chairlift.
  • noun. A hit enabling the batter to reach third base.
  • noun. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To make three times as great in number or amount.
  • intransitive verb. To be or become three times as great in number or amount.
  • intransitive verb. To make a triple.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In geometry: A triad of points.
  • noun. A triad of systoms of orthogonal surfaces.
  • To make threefold or thrice as much or as many; treble.
  • To be thrice as great or as many as.
  • To alter from single or double to triple action, as a single or double expansion-engine into a triple expansion-engine; fit up with triple expansion-engines, as a vessel which has previously used a single or double expansion-engine.
  • To increase threefold.
  • Consisting of three; threefold; characterized by a subdivision into three parts or into threes: as, a triple knot; a triple window.
  • Three times repeated; treble.
  • Being one of three; third.
  • A league between France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, formed in 1717, and directed chiefly against Spain. After the accession to it of Austria in 1718 it was known as the Quadruple Alliance.
  • An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, formed about 1883, and designed to check Russia and also France. It is chiefly the creation of Prince Bismarck, and by its provisions the three powers are bound to support one another in certain contingencies. Its influence has succeeded to that of the League of the Three Emperors (the German, Austrian, and Russian), which was also largely the creation of Bismarck.
  • A bearing representing three royal or imperial crowns set one upon another in pale. Such a bearing, having also clouds at the base, forms part of the arms of the London Drapers' Company.
  • noun. In music, same as treble.
  • noun. plural In change-ringing, changes rung on seven bells.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble.
  • adjective. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold.
  • adjective. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
  • adjective. One of three; third.
  • adjective. the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See Tiara, 2.
  • adjective. a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively.
  • adjective. a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented.
  • adjective. a ratio which is equal to 3.
  • adjective. a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt.
  • adjective. a system of three stars in close proximity.
  • adjective. that time in which each measure is divided into three equal parts.
  • adjective. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Made up of three related elements, often matching
  • adjective. Three times the quantity
  • adjective. Designed for three users
  • adjective. Folded in three; composed of three layers
  • adjective. Having three aspects; very ambiguous.
  • adjective. Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
  • noun. A drink with three portions of alcohol.
  • noun. A hamburger with three patties.
  • noun. A three-base hit
  • noun. A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
  • noun. A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
  • verb. To multiply by three
  • Word Usage
    "The term triple threat would be diminishing from the powerful range, the all consuming presence and the undeniable talent and reach of Baltimore native Mo'Nique."
    Equivalent
    multiple  
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hit  manifold  multiple  multiply  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Whipple  cripple  fipple  nipple  ripple  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    treble  
    verb-form