triplex
adjective
threefold; triple.
triplex
American
[trip-leks, trahy-pleks]
/ ˈtrɪp lɛks, ˈtraɪ plɛks /
adjective
noun
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something triple.
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Music. triple time.
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an apartment having three floors.
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a multiplex of three theaters or movie houses.
Triplex
1
British
/ ˈtrɪplɛks /
noun
triplex
2
British
/ ˈtrɪplɛks /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of triplex
1595–1605; < Latin triplex (stem triplic- ) threefold, equivalent to tri- tri- + -plex -plex
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Carey, 57, purchased the expansive dwelling in June 1999, when she snapped up two separate units in the same building for a combined $9 million, before combining them into the stunning triplex that exists today.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
He has also bought a triplex, part of which he rents out to provide a source of income, and secured his green card for permanent US residency.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
They tested the ticks for Powassan virus, comparing their new triplex PCR method to the standard, commercially available Luminex xMap technology.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024
Many locals see the triplex as the cornerstone of a historic neighborhood whose connection to the Arechiga family serves as an important reminder of a dark moment in the city’s past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
“No. No. Hunter has a job at the rendering plant. That’s why we’re here. It’s completely different from a triplex gathering hole. Totally.”
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
“He was aware that the Triplex apartment in which he, a real estate mogul and self-identified expert, resided for decades was not 30,000 square feet, but actually 10,996 square feet,” the judge said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
Your article . . . reviewing the annual New York Automobile Show mentions the fact that most high priced and many medium priced cars are using either Duplex or Triplex or non-shatterable glass.
From Time Magazine Archive
Triplex and Duplex safety glass appear in almost every expensive car and in the windshields of cheaper makes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The large Triplex plant at Clifton, N. J., will be resold to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. which will be given manufacturing licenses, will share Triplex's big Ford windshield contract with Libbey-Owens-Ford.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had been really intimate with Julia Triplex, and had been sympathetic when a brilliant marriage had been achieved.
From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony
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