triplicate

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: trip=li=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

triplicate, 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.  [1913 Webster]

Triplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of the cubes of two quantities; thus, the triplicate ratio of a to b is a3: b3.

triplicate, n. 

 A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

triplicate, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 existing in three examples or copies.
2 having three corresponding parts.
3 tripled.
--n. each of a set of three copies or corresponding parts.
--v.tr.
1 make in three copies.
2 multiply by three.

Idiom

in triplicate consisting of three exact copies.

Derivative

triplication n.

Etymology

ME f. L triplicatus past part. of triplicare (as TRIPLEX)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

triplicate

Triplication

VB treble, triple, triplicate, cube.

N triplication, triplicity, trebleness, trine, treble, triple, tern, ternary, triplicate, threefold, trilogistic, third, trinal, trine, three times, three fold, thrice, in the third place, thirdly, trebly.