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triplicate

adj
/ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/

Etymology

Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.

  1. derived from triplicātus

Definitions

  1. Made thrice as much

    Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.

  2. The making of three identical copies of something.

    • 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.

  3. Each of a set of three identical objects or copies.

    • 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).
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To make three identical copies of something.

      • Suppose we duplicate actual numbers that are out in circulation, and perhaps hold over the originals? We can triplicate, quadruple, multiply by a hundred times if it suits our purpose.

    2. To triple.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for triplicate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA