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Triple : adj
1: 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" [syn: ternary,
treble, triplex]
2: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or
triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" [syn: treble, threefold]
(noun)
1: a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
[syn: three-base hit, three-bagger]
2: a quantity that is three times as great as another
(verb)
1: increase threefold; "Triple your income!" [syn: treble]
2: hit a three-base hit
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Triple : \Tri"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tripling.] [Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, a.]
To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble;
as, to triple the tax on coffee.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Triple : \Tri"ple\, a. [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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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