'Triple valve' definitions:
Definition of 'Triple valve'
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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. [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]