Triple

trip′l, adj. consisting of three united: three times repeated: ( Shak. ) third.— v.t. to treble.— adjs. Trip′le-crowned , having three crowns: wearing the triple crown, as the pope; Trip′le-head′ed , having three heads.— n. Trip′let , three of a kind, or three united: three lines rhyming together: ( mus. ) a group of three notes occupying the time of two, indicated by a slur and the figure 3: ( coll. ) one of three children born at one birth.— adj. Trip′le-turned ( Shak. ), three times faithle .— n. Trī′plex , triple time in music.— adj. Trip′licate , threefold: made thrice as much.— n. a third copy or thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.— v.t. to make threefold.— ns. Triplicā′tion , act of making threefold or adding three together; Triplic′ity , the state of being threefold: triplene : ( Spens. ) a triad: ( astrol. ) the division of the signs according to the number of the elements.— adv. Trip′ly .— Triple Alliance , the league of England, Sweden, and the Netherlands formed against France in 1668: the alliance of Britain, France, and Holland against Spain in 1717: the alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy, formed in 1883, and directed to check French or Ru ian aggre ion; Triple crown ( her. ), see Tiara ; Triple time ( mus. ), time or rhythm of three beats, or of three times three beats, in a bar.— The Triple Event , winning the Oaks, St Leger, and Derby. [Fr.,—L. tri-plus — tri- , tres , three, -plus , akin to Eng. -fold .]