triple : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: triple	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for triple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
triple adj 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" Synonym(s): ternary, treble, triple, triplex three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" Synonym(s): treble, threefold, three-fold, triple n a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base Synonym(s): triple, three-base hit, three-bagger a set of three similar things considered as a unit Synonym(s): trio, triad, triplet, triple a quantity that is three times as great as another v increase threefold; "Triple your income!" [syn: triple, treble] hit a three-base hit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.