triple
IPA: trˈɪpʌɫ
noun
- Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc..
- (informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
- (US) A hamburger with three patties.
- (baseball) A three-base hit.
- (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.
verb
- To multiply by three.
- (baseball) To get a three-base hit.
- To become three times as large.
- To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
adjective
- 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.
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Examples of "triple" in Sentences
- Its insularity is therefore triple.
- The population triples during the summer.
- Descant horns are included in triple horns.
- The triples that are out of range are out of gamut.
- The price of wheat tripled and acreage seeded doubled.
- Is the tricritical point the same as the triple point
- The cause of death was a triple hemorrhage of her lungs.
- The colonnade and the triple arches are of red sandstone.
- The glass is composed of Lexan and a triple laminate of glass.
- In the 13th century, the arcade of the triple nave was walled in.
- She said they would drop the public option if they could guarantee what she called a triple-a rating when it comes to private insurers.
- Ma says this policy has given China what he called a "triple low model" of population growth - low birth rate, low death rate and low net population increase.
- Ma says this policy has given China what he called a "triple low model" of population growth -- low birth rate, low death rate and low net population increase.
- The term triple threat would be diminishing from the powerful range, the all consuming presence and the undeniable talent and reach of Baltimore native Mo'Nique.
- Mr. Boehner emphasized what he called the "triple threat" from government now facing employers: federal regulations, out of control spending and a business-unfriendly tax code.
- Although the term triple bottom line may refer to specific reporting requirements, often it is used as shorthand for ventures that are socially responsible, green, and profitable.
- So what has to happen is the teacher's roles need to be redefined; just like it is in private schools where they have the role as teacher, adviser and coach -- what they call the triple threat.
- Just like it is in private schools, where they have the role of teacher, advisers, coach, what they call the triple threat, teachers need to play a different role than they typically do in the public schools.