adj.
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ˈtrɪplɪkət/
existing in three copies or examples.
n.
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ˈtrɪplɪkət/
archaic a thing which is part of a set of three copies or corresponding parts.
v.
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ˈtrɪplɪkeɪt/
make three copies of.
▸multiply by three.
Derivative
- triplication
/-ˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
n. - triplicity
/trɪˈplɪsɪti/
n. (pl. triplicities)
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Etymology
ME: from L. triplicat-, triplicare ‘make three’, from triplex, triplic- (see triplex).