Definition of "triple"

triple

/ˈtɹɪpəl/

adjective
not comparable
1. Made up of three related elements, often matching
2. Of three times the quantity.
3. Designed for three users.
4. Folded in three; composed of three layers.
5. Having three aspects.
6. (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
7. (obsolete) One of three; third.
  Quotations
  the third payes for all: the triples sir , is a good tripping measure
  c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]
noun
plural triples
1. Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc..
2. (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
3. (US) A hamburger with three patties.
4. (baseball) A three-base hit.
5. (basketball) A three-point field goal.
6. (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
7. (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
verb
third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled
1. To multiply by three.
2. (baseball) To get a three-base hit.
3. To become three times as large.
4. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
  Quotations
  Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
  1982 January, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench, volume 157, number 1, page 106
  Examination rooms contain shelves overstuffed with football helmets, autographed equipment and even rugby gear. If the office doubles as a mini-museum, it also triples as a minichapel.
  2011, Mel LeCompte, The Tee Cotton Bowl

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