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triplex

trɪˈplɛks
WordNet
  1. (adj) triplex
    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"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Triplex
    (Mach) Having three principal operative parts or motions, so as to produce a three-fold effect.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. triplex
    Three-fold; triple; specifically, having three elements or working parts: used of pulleys with three sheaves, of pumps with three plungers, of steam-engines with three cylinders, etc.
  2. (n) triplex
    Triple time in music.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Triplex
    triple time in music
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.,—L. tri-plustri-, tres, three, -plus, akin to Eng. -fold.

Usage in the news

To sell a Gramercy Park triplex, Michael Haverland and Alan Tanksley made it look like a real home. interiordesign.net

The letter, which was overnighted to UFW, said in part, "As you well know, it was your organization, the United Farm Workers ("UFW") that supplied the religious designation of various individuals to Triplex. dmnews.com

Neither Triplex nor Donnelley (or infoUSA) played any role in gathering or supplying that sensitive information.... dmnews.com

Within two years the 20-year-old reportedly bought a $750,000 triplex and a $2 million mansion in a gated community, both in the Northern Coast of the state of Sao Paulo. socceramerica.com

A striking triplex penthouse apartment in a clock tower overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge and New York Harbor has gone on the market for $25 million. nytimes.com

WINDOW TREATMENTS The main floor of a triplex for sale in the Clock Tower Building, Brooklyn. nytimes.com

ARTISTS' HOUSING Mr Schnabel on the triplex terrace. nytimes.com

This triplex in the 10800 block of 6th Ave South near the Top Hat neighborhood was the scene of a violent home invasion on Monday, Nov 12. estseattleherald.com

Click through to watch Corcoran broker Deborah Grubman show a 9,000-square-foot Tribeca triplex in the full-service 60 Collister building. nymag.com

NBC's Stone Phillips Finally Sells Penthouse Triplex (With Six TVs). observer.com

At long last, steely Dateline NBC co-anchor Stone Phillips has sold his triplex penthouse at the Oliver Cromwell, an 80-year-old Central Park West co-op. observer.com

Suspicious fire in abandoned Old Town triplex. vvdailypress.com

Jackson Triplex Theatre 40-31 82nd St 1pm, 3pm, 8pm. nymag.com

Duplexes , triplexes and fourplexes are another option. chron.com

My test car doesn't have the Triplex rear suspension. online.wsj.com

Usage in literature

In her agony she wrote to her old friend Julia Triplex, now the wife of Sir Damask Monogram. "The Way We Live Now" by Anthony Trollope

If there is plenty of power a triplex or three cylinder pump is still better. "Apple Growing" by M. C. Burritt

As for me, my scepticism was to me robur et aes triplex. "Mystic London:" by Charles Maurice Davies

The color of Geaster triplex is reddish-brown. "The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise" by M. E. Hard

One of the most recent finds at Jamestown is a triplet or "triplex" row, lying some four hundred feet northeast of the Brick Church. "Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century" by Henry Chandlee Forman

AES TRIPLEX (L.), triple brass, a strong defence. "Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)" by Various