Hypertext Webster Gateway: "triple"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
triple
adj 1: 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}, {triplex}]
2: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or
triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" [syn: {treble}, {threefold}]
n 1: a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
[syn: {three-base hit}, {three-bagger}]
2: a quantity that is three times as great as another
v 1: increase threefold; "Triple your income!" [syn: {treble}]
2: hit a three-base hit, in baseball
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