/trip"leks, truy"pleks/ , adj.
1. threefold; triple.
n.
2. something triple.
3. Music. See triple time .
4. an apartment having three floors.
5. a multiplex of three theaters or movie houses.
[ 1595-1605; triplex (s. triplic- ) threefold, equiv. to tri- TRI- + -plex -PLEX ]