Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of a set of three identical objects or copies.
- transitive verb To make threefold; triple.
- transitive verb To make three identical copies of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Triple; threefold; consisting of or related to a triad, or three corresponding parts; composed of three similars: as, a triplicate certificate.
- noun One of three things corresponding in every respect to one another.
- To treble; repeat a second time; make threefold; produce a third corresponding to a first and second.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
- adjective (Math.) the ratio of the cubes of two quantities; thus, the
triplicate ratio of a to b is a3: b3. - noun A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Each of a set of three
identical objects orcopies . - verb transitive To make three identical copies of something.
- verb transitive To
triple .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly
- verb reproduce threefold
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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You not only did it many times twice, but many times in triplicate too.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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You not only did it many times twice, but many times in triplicate too.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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You not only did it many times twice, but many times in triplicate too.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Everyone speaks at least three languages, and road signs and menus appear in triplicate, too.
Family ski: never say never in South Tyrol Martin Love 2010
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You not only did it many times twice, but many times in triplicate too.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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By the way, whats with doing everything repeatedly and in triplicate and having ‘risk assessments’ for a bloody headache?
Unnecessary Police Bureaucracy – Part 1. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Or did a bureaucracy bomb explode somewhere along the way, turning every piece of paper into a form in triplicate?
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Or did a bureaucracy bomb explode somewhere along the way, turning every piece of paper into a form in triplicate?
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In both instances Leahy (among other dems) insisted on having copies (in triplicate) of every single order (including, yes, 1-page orders re continuances, Rule 41 dismissals, etc.), copies of any public remarks, plus an farrago of other documents and transcripts (re various in-court hearings) etc. before any hearing would be scheduled.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Goodwin Liu’s Incomplete Questionnaire 2010
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Mexico might contribute guidance if all paperwork, in triplicate, could be reduced to computer data.
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