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Triple

adjective

1.

Having three units or components or elements. Synonyms: ternary, treble, triplex. "A treble row of red beads" , "Overcrowding made triple sessions necessary" , "Triple time has three beats per measure" , "Triplex windows"

2.

Three times as great or many. Synonyms: three-fold, threefold, treble. "A threefold increase"

noun

1.

A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base. Synonyms: three-bagger, three-base hit.

2.

A set of three similar things considered as a unit. Synonyms: triad, trio, triplet.

3.

A quantity that is three times as great as another.

verb

(past & past part. tripled; pres. part. tripling)

1.

Increase threefold. Synonym: treble.

2.

Hit a three-base hit.

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"Triple" Quotes from Famous Books

... add 1 to the triple of the number thought of, and to multiply the sum by three; then bid him add to this product the number thought of, and the result will be a sum from which if 3 be subtracted, the remainder will be ten times the number required; and if the cipher on ...

— Entertainments for Home, Church and School • Frederica Seeger

... lay their beautiful robes at our feet in autumn; in winter they "stand and wait," emblems of patience and of truth, for they hide nothing, not even the little leaf-buds which hint to us of hope, the last element in their triple symbolism. ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... that the attendance at our National Opera House was one of the largest ever seen there. The wealth and brains of the capital were present, and all eagerly watched for the novel apparition that was to appear. The program was a simple one: the triple piano concerto of Bach, arranged for one piano by the Gospadin; a movement from the G minor concerto of Dussek; piano solos, L'Orage, by Steibelt; a fugue for the left hand alone, by Czerny, and a set of etudes after Czerny, being free transcriptions of ...

— Old Fogy - His Musical Opinions and Grotesques • James Huneker

... the god." It contained an immense statue of Zeus. Originally it had more than one hundred imposing marble Corinthian columns, arranged in double rows of twenty each on the north and south sides, and triple rows of eight each at the ends. Its size was three hundred and fifty-three by one hundred and thirty-four feet, which was exceeded only by the Temple of Diana. To its left is the Arch of Hadrian. Looking east is seen the Stadium or racecourse. Here the Pan-Athenian games were held in olden times. ...

— A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel • S. G. Bayne

... me a Goth for coming so early." After she is introduced to you, a stolen glance at the clock. Early! It is half-past eight. What time do they intend to come? But now they arrive faster and faster, and each more elaborately dressed than the last, it seems to your startled eyes. A triple lace skirt glides in. You look at your dark green cashmere in dismay. Low neck and short sleeves! Yours is up to the throat. But you mentally thank your mantua-maker for inserting undersleeves; they are quite consoling. Dozens of white kid gloves! You have not ...

— Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 • Various

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