Definition of "triplicate"

triplicate

/ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/

adjective
not comparable
1. Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural triplicates
1. (uncountable) The making of three identical copies of something.
  Quotations
  The prime minister is a determined centralist in thrall to a tactless and obsessive aide, Cummings, whose skill seems limited to writing slogans in triplicate.
  2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian‎
2. (countable) Each of a set of three identical objects or copies.
  Quotations
  Among the six bottles, three of them were pumped every 30 minutes and the three others every 60 minutes. This provided a triplicate of each condition (30 or 60 minutes idle time between pumping).
  2022, Vincent Busigny, François P. Mathon, Didier Jézéquel, Cécile C. Bidaud, Eric Viollier, Gérard Bardoux, Jean-Jacques Bourrand, Karim Benzerara, Elodie Duprat, Nicolas Menguy, Caroline L. Monteil, Christopher T. Lefevre, “Mass collection of magnetotactic bacteria from the permanently stratified ferruginous Lake Pavin, France”, in Environmental Microbiology, volume 24, number 2 (Special Issue: microbe:metal/metalloid interactions), pages 721-736
verb
third-person singular simple present triplicates, present participle triplicating, simple past and past participle triplicated
1. (transitive) To make three identical copies of something.
2. (transitive) To triple.