triplicate, triplicat

& s. [Lat. tripli. cat us, pa. par. of triplico to make threefold, to treble, from triplex (genitive triplicis )=threefold, treble, from tri =three, and plico =to fold, to weave.] A. As adjective : 1. Made thrice as much; trebled, threefold. *2. Three in number. "Which brought certain expeditions triplicat ; the one unto the prothonotary Gambora, the other unto Gregory de La alis, and the third unto me."-Burnet: Records, vol. i., bk. ii., No. 4. IMG:content-1465.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] 2. Astrol.: The division of the signs according to the number of the elements, each division consisting of three signs. [TRIGON.] trip-li-cos-tate, trip-li-nerved, adj. [Latin triplex (gen it. triplicis )=threefold, and Eng. cos tate; nerved.] Bot .: Triple-ribbed (q. v.); triply ribbed. trip-lite, s. [Gr. triplous =three-fold; suff. -ite (Min.); Ger. eisenpecherz, triplit ; Fr. mang anèse phosphaté ferrifère .] Min.: An orthorhombic mineral, occurring only in imperfect crystals. Hardne , 4-5.5; specific gravity, 3.44-38; luster, resinous to adamantine; color, shades of brown to black; streak, yellowish gray to brown. Composition: Phosphoric acid, 327; protoxide of iron, 16'6; protoxide of manganese, 32-2; iron, 64; magnesium, 1.8; calcium, 1.5; fluorine, 3.8=100, which corresponds with the typical formula 3ROPO5 + RF. trip-lo-blas'-tic, adj. [Gr. triplous =threefold, triple, and blastos a sprout, shoot, or sucker.] Embryol.: Of, belonging, or relating to the triple division in the blastoderm outside the yolk in the ovum of mammals, birds, . Previous to segmen tation the blastoderm is single, then a bilaminar arrangement arises; finally it separates into outer, middle, and inner blastodermic membranes: The ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm; called by Foster and Balfour the epiblast, mesoblast, and hypoblast. ( Quain .) trip-lo-clase, subst. [Gr. triplous triple, and klasis cleavage; Ger. triploklas.] Min.: The same as THOMSONITE (q. v.). trip-lō-i-dite, s . [English triplite ; Gr. eidos = form, and suff. -ite ( Min . ).] Mineral .: A monoclinic mineral, found in distinct crystals, also fibrous, divergent, ma ive; crystals with vertical striations. Hardne , 4'5-5; specific gravity, 3:697; luster, vitreous to adamantine; color, yellowish to reddish-brown, wine-yellow, hyacinth red: streak, grayish-white; fracture, sub-conchoidal. Composition: Phosphoric acid, 31-91; protoxide of iron, 16:18; protoxide of manganese, 47.86; water, 4.05=100, Formula, R3PO3+R(OH)2, where R-Fe,Mn. Found at Branch field, Fairfield County, Connecticut, a ociated with various other minerals new to science, in a vein of albite granite. 4192