triplex

[ trip-leks, trahy-pleks ]

adjective

1. threefold; triple.

noun

1. something triple.
2. Music. triple time.
3. an apartment having three floors.
4. a multiplex of three theaters or movie houses.

triplex

¹

/ ˈtrɪplɛks /

adjective

1. See triple
   a less common word for triple

Triplex

²

/ ˈtrɪplɛks /

noun

1. a laminated safety glass, as used in car windows

Word History and Origins

Origin of triplex¹

1595–1605; < Latin triplex (stem triplic- ) threefold, equivalent to tri- tri- + -plex -plex

Word History and Origins

Origin of triplex¹

C17: from Latin: threefold, from tri- + -plex -fold

Example Sentences

This elucubration was called: "Triplici nodo triplex cuneus," which probably means "A triple pry for the triple knot."

From Project Gutenberg

A material known as triplex glass had been experimentally made.

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My armour is the aes triplex of a clear conscience, and a mind nourished by the precepts of philosophy.

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He is triceps "three-headed," triplex or tergeminus "threefold," triformis "of three bodies," or simply Tricerberus.

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The triplex glass used in the eyepieces was a patented commodity produced only in one small factory in Philadelphia.

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