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tri⋅ple
[trip-uh
l] 
adjective, noun, verb, -pled, -pling.–adjective
| 1. | threefold; consisting of three parts: a triple knot. |
| 2. | of three kinds; threefold in character or relationship. |
| 3. | three times as great. |
| 4. | International Law. tripartite. |
–noun
| 5. | an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another. |
| 6. | a group, set, or series of three; something threefold; triad. |
| 7. | Also called three-base hit. Baseball. a base hit that enables a batter to reach third base safely. |
| 8. | Bowling. three strikes in succession. |
| 9. | trifecta. |
–verb (used with object)
| 10. | to make triple. |
| 11. | Baseball. to cause to come into home plate by a triple: to triple a runner home; to triple a run in. |
–verb (used without object)
| 12. | to become triple. |
| 13. | Baseball. to make a triple. |
tri⋅fect⋅a
[trahy-fek-tuh] –noun
| 1. | a type of bet, esp. on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first three finishers in exact order. |
| 2. | a race in which such bets are made. Compare superfecta. |
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| three-base hit (thrē'bās') n. Baseball A base hit that allows the batter to reach third base without being put out. Also called three-bagger, triple. |
| tri·fec·ta (trī-fěk'tə) n. A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple. [tri- + (per)fecta.] |
| tri·ple (trĭp'əl) adj.
v. tr. To make three times as great in number or amount. v. intr.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin triplus (on the model of Greek triploos) : Latin tri-, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + -plus, -fold; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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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. 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.
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Language Translation for : Triple
Spanish:
triple,
German:
dreifach,
Japanese:
３倍の
triple (v.)
1375, from M.L. triplare "to triple," from L. triplus "threefold, triple," from tri- "three" + -plus "-fold." The noun is recorded from c.1428; the baseball sense is attested from 1880. The adj. is recorded from 1550.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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