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triple
English
Etymology
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??p?l/, /?t??pl/
- Rhymes: -?p?l
Adjective
triple (not comparable)
- Made up of three related elements, often matching
- Of three times the quantity.
- Designed for three users.
- Folded in three; composed of three layers.
- Having three aspects.
- (music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
- (obsolete) One of three; third.
Synonyms
- (made up of three related elements): tern, treble; see also Thesaurus:triple
- (three times the quantity): threefold, thrissome; see also Thesaurus:threefold
Derived terms
- triple-barrelled
- triple valve
Related terms
- duple
- treble
Translations
Noun
triple (plural triples)
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc
- (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- I've had a hard day; make that a triple.
- (US) A hamburger with three patties.
- I'd like a triple with cheese.
- (baseball) A three-base hit
- The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.
- (basketball) A three-point field goal
- (curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
- (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
Hyponyms
- (computing): Hoare triple
Derived terms
- triplestore
Translations
Verb
triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)
- To multiply by three
- The company tripled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- (baseball) To get a three-base hit
- The batter tripled into the gap.
- To become three times as large
- Our earnings have tripled in the last year.
- To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
- 1982, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)
- Radio Shack's All-Purpose Crimper/Cutter ($9.95) doubles as a wire stripper and triples as a bolt cutter.
- 1982, Popular Mechanics, Best tools for your electronics workbench (volume 157, number 1, page 106, January 1982)
Translations
See also
- treble
- triple jump
- triple sec
- triple goddess
Anagrams
- Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel
Catalan
Etymology
Latin triplus
Adjective
triple (masculine and feminine plural triples)
- triple
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
- (sports) triple, treble, hat trick
Further reading
- “triple” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Semi-learned term resulting from a modification, under the influence of the Latin etymology, of Old French treble, itself from Latin triplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?ipl/
Adjective
triple (plural triples)
- triple
- (music) thirty-second note
Derived terms
- point triple
- triple croche
- triple jeu
- triple saut
- triplement
Noun
triple m (plural triples)
- (baseball) triple
Verb
triple
- inflection of tripler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “triple” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
triple
- feminine plural of triplo
Anagrams
- peltri
Latin
Numeral
triple
- vocative masculine singular of triplus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
triple
- definite singular of trippel
- plural of trippel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
triple
- definite singular of trippel
- plural of trippel
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin triplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?iple/, [?t??i.ple]
Adjective
triple (plural triples)
- triple
- threefold
- three-way
Derived terms
- salto triple
- triple diosa
- triple salto
Anagrams
- reptil, pretil
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duplex
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare ????? (plék?, “twist, braid”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: do?o'pl?ks, IPA(key): /?dupl?ks/
Adjective
duplex (not comparable)
- Double, made up of two parts.
- (telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).
- duplex telegraphy
- (soil science) Having horizons with contrasting textures.
- 1977, Australian Journal of Botany (volume 25, page 462)
- Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]
- 1977, Australian Journal of Botany (volume 25, page 462)
Antonyms
- (bidirectional): simplex (unidirectional)
Hyponyms
(bidirectional):
- full duplex
- half-duplex
- semiduplex
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
duplex (plural duplexes)
- (US) A house made up of two dwelling units.
- (philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
- (biochemistry) A double-stranded polynucleotide.
- (geology) A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
- 1993, David J. Lidke, Jack Burton Epstein, Chester A. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin (page 16)
- In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.
- 1995, Robert D. Hatcher, Structural Geology: Principles, Concepts, and Problems (page 211)
- It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]
- 1993, David J. Lidke, Jack Burton Epstein, Chester A. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin (page 16)
Related terms
Translations
See also
Verb
duplex (third-person singular simple present duplexes, present participle duplexing, simple past and past participle duplexed)
- To make duplex.
- To make into a duplex.
- (juggling) To make a series of duplex throws.
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplex, see above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.pl?ks/
Noun
duplex m (plural duplex)
- a link between two points, such as a cable or a wire
- duplex, maisonette (dwelling)
Derived terms
- duplexer
Further reading
- “duplex” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplex.
Noun
duplex m (invariable)
- party line
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dwipleks, formed from duo (“two”) and plec-, from the root of plic? (“fold”); cf. also plect?, plexum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?du.pleks/, [?d??p???ks?] or IPA(key): /?dup.leks/, [?d??p???ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?du.pleks/, [?d?u?pl?ks] or IPA(key): /?dup.leks/, [?d?upl?ks]
Adjective
duplex (genitive duplicis, adverb dupliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- twofold, double
- bipartite, cloven
- ambiguous
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
- Sg.Abl. sometimes duplice.
Descendants
- English: duplex
- French: duplex
- Galician: dobre (possibly)
- Italian: duplice, duplex
- Spanish: doble (possibly), dúplex
References
- duplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- duplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duplex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- duplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Romanian
Etymology
From French duplex
Noun
duplex n (plural duplexuri)
- duplex
Declension
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