adj.
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin triplus, from tri- + -plus multiplied by ― more at -FOLD
Date: 15th century
1 : being three times as great or as many
2 : having or involving three units or members < triple bypass heart surgery>
3 : having a threefold relation or character <worked as a double or even triple agent ― Time >
4 a : three times repeated : TREBLE b : having three full revolutions <a triple somersault> <a triple lutz>
5 : marked by three beats per musical measure < triple meter>
6 a : having units of three components < triple feet> b of rhyme : involving correspondence of three syllables (as in unfortunate-importunate )