MSN home
Mail
My MSN
encarta
greeting cards
encarta
®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
triple-team
triple time
triple-tonguing
triple witching hour
triplet
tripletail
Triplex
triplex
triplicate
triplicity
triploblastic
triploid
triply
tripod
Tripoli
tripoli
Tripolitania
Also available:
World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français
triplicate
trip·li·cate
[
trípplikət
]
noun
(
plural
trip·li·cates
)
Definition:
something with 3 identical parts:
something that has three identical parts to it or that exists in three identical copies
in triplicate
adjective
Definition:
threefold:
triple or tripled
verb
(
past and past participle
trip·li·cat·ed
,
present participle
trip·li·cat·ing
,
3rd person present singular
trip·li·cates
)
Definition:
1.
transitive verb
make 3 copies of something:
to make three identical copies of something
2.
transitive and intransitive verb
multiply something by 3:
to multiply by three, or cause something to be multiplied by three
[
15th century. < Latin
triplicat-
, past participle of
triplicare
"triple" <
triplex
"threefold"
]
trip·li·ca·tion
[
trìppli káysh'n
]
noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
MSN Privacy
Legal
Advertise
Feedback
Help
© 2009 Microsoft
trip·li·ca·tion [ trìppli káysh'n ] noun
