Definitions for: Triple


[n] a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
[n] a quantity that is three times as great as another
[adj] 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"
[adj] three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"
[v] increase threefold; "Triple your income!"
[v] hit a three-base hit, in baseball



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.



Triple-expansion steam engine, a compound steam engine in
which the same steam performs work in three cylinders
successively.

Triple measure (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which
first only is accented.

Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3.

Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic
atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple
salt.

Triple star (Astron.), a system of three stars in close
proximity.

Triple time (Mus.), that time in which each measure is
divided into three equal parts.

Triple valve, in an automatic air brake for railroad cars,
the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is
controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading
from the locomotive.


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.

Synonyms: multiple, ternary, three-bagger, three-base hit, threefold, treble, treble, triplex

See Also: base hit, bingle, hit, line triple, line-drive triple, manifold, multiple, multiply, safety

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