Triplicate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Triplicate \Trip"li*cate\, a. [L. triplicatus, p. p. of
     triplicare to triple, treble; tri- (see {Tri-}) + plicare to
     fold. See {Ply}, v. t.]
     Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
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     {Triplicate ratio} (Math.), the ratio of the cubes of two
        quantities; thus, the triplicate ratio of a to b is a^{3}:
        b^{3}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Triplicate \Trip"li*cate\, n.
     A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  triplicate
       n : one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to
           one another exactly
       v : reproduce threefold; "triplicate the letter for the
           committee"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "triplicate":
     Photostat, Xerox, clone, copy, counterpart, cube, ditto, double,
     dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, hectograph, manifold,
     microcopy, microfilm, mimeo, mimeograph, model, multigraph,
     multiply by three, quadruplicate, reduplicate, repetition, replica,
     replicate, replication, representation, reproduce, reproduction,
     second carbon, stat, tern, ternal, ternary, ternate, three-ply,
     threefold, trace, transcribe, treble, trilogic, trinal, trine,
     triple, triplex, triplication, triplicity