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triplex
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective triplex has 1 sense
- triplex(s = adj.all) ternary, treble, triple - 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
triplex, a.
Having three principal operative parts or motions, so as to produce a three-fold effect. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
triplex, adj. & n.
--adj. triple or threefold.
--n. (Triplex) Brit. propr. toughened or laminated safety glass for car windows etc.
--adj. triple or threefold.
--n. (Triplex) Brit. propr. toughened or laminated safety glass for car windows etc.
Etymology
L triplex -plicis (as TRI-, plic- fold)
THESAURUS
triplex
deltoid, fan-shaped, tern, ternal, ternary, ternate, three, three-in-one, three-ply, threefold, treble, triadic, trial, triangular, trilogic, trinal, trine, triple, triplicate, triune
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