TRIPLICATE


Meaning of TRIPLICATE in English

■ adjective 'trɪplɪkət existing in three copies or examples.

■ noun 'trɪplɪkət archaic a thing which is part of a set of three copies or corresponding parts.

■ verb 'trɪplɪkeɪt make three copies of.

↘multiply by three.

Derivatives

triplication -'keɪʃ(ə)n noun

triplicity trɪ'plɪsɪti noun ( plural triplicities ).

Origin

ME: from L. triplicat- , triplicare 'make three', from triplex , triplic- (see triplex ).

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