Triple
Triple , adjective
[Latin triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as in duplus double: compare French triple. See Double, and compare 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.
2.
Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
3.
One of three; third. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Collocations (8)
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 (Music) , a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented.
Triple ratio (Mathematics) , a ratio which is equal to 3.
Triple salt (Chemistry) , a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt.
Triple star (Astronomy) , a system of three stars in close proximity.
Triple time (Music) , 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.
Triple , intransitive verb
[Compare French tripler. See Triple, a.]
To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.