'Triple' definitions:

Definition of 'triple'

From: WordNet
adjective
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, triple, triplex]
adjective
Three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" [syn: treble, threefold, three-fold, triple]
noun
A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base [syn: triple, three-base hit, three-bagger]
noun
A set of three similar things considered as a unit [syn: trio, triad, triplet, triple]
noun
A quantity that is three times as great as another
verb
Increase threefold; "Triple your income!" [syn: triple, treble]
verb
Hit a three-base hit

Definition of 'Triple'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • By thy triple shape as thou art seen. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One of three; third. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Triple'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'triple'

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Words containing 'Triple'