3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: *

AD 3 __NOTOC__ AD 3 (III) or 3 AD was a common year starting on Monday or Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Monday of ...

, the third year of the AD era *

3 BC __NOTOC__ Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Tuesday of the ...

, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month

Books

* ''

Three of Them ''Three of Them'' (Russian ' "Three") is a 1901 novel by Maksim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Ма ...

'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 novel by Maksim Gorky * ''Three'', a 1946 novel by William Sansom * ''Three'', a 1970 novel by

Sylvia Ashton-Warner Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner (17 December 1908 – 28 April 1984) was a New Zealand novelist, non-fiction writer, poet, pianist and world figure in the teaching of children. Her ideas for a child-based or organic approach to the teaching of ...

* ''Three'' (novel), a 2003 suspense novel by Ted Dekker * ''Three'' (comics), a graphic novel by

Kieron Gillen Kieron Michael Gillen (; born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for ''Phonogram'' and ''The Wicked + The Divine'', both co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie ...

. * ''3'', a 2004 novel by

Julie Hilden Julie Cope Hilden (April 19, 1968 - March 17, 2018) was an American novelist and lawyer. Biography Hilden grew up in Hawaii and New Jersey. She graduated with a B.A. in philosophy from Harvard College, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an M.F.A. ...

* ''Three'', a collection of three plays by Lillian Hellman * ''Three By Flannery O'Connor'', collection

Flannery O'Connor bibliography The bibliography of Flannery O'Connor includes two novels, more than thirty short stories, and several collections. Novels * ''Wise Blood'' (1952) * ''The Violent Bear It Away'' (1960) Collections * ''A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories' ...

Brands

3 (telecommunications) 3 or Three is a global brand name owned by Hutchison 3G Enterprises S.A.R.L., under which several UMTS-based mobile phone networks and broadband internet providers operate in Hong Kong, Macau, Austria, Denmark, Indonesia, Ireland, Sweden, and ...

, a global telecommunications brand **

3Arena The 3Arena (originally The O2) is an indoor amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the Dublin Docklands in Dublin, Ireland. The venue opened as The O2 on 16 December 2008. It was built on the site of the former Point Theatre, a smaller music ...

, indoor amphitheatre in Ireland operating with the "3" brand **

3 Hong Kong 3 Hong Kong (also known as 3HK or Three HK; ) is a telecommunications and internet service provider operating in Hong Kong by Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, operating under the global Three brand. ...

, telecommunications company operating in Hong Kong **

Three Australia TPG Telecom Limited, formerly Vodafone Hutchison Australia and renamed following the merger with TPG, is an Australian telecommunications company. It is the second largest telecommunications company listed on the Australian Securities Exchang ...

, Australian telecommunications company **

Three Ireland Three Ireland, officially Three Ireland (Hutchison) Limited (formerly Hutchison 3G Ireland Ltd), is a telecommunications and internet service provider operating in Ireland as a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, operating under the global Three bran ...

, Irish telecommunications company **

Three UK Hutchison 3G UK Ltd is a British telecommunications and internet service provider currently based in Reading, England. It is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, operating under the global Three brand. Three is the fourth-largest mobile net ...

, British telecommunications and internet service provider **

Wind Tre Wind Tre S.p.A. (formerly H3G S.p.A.) is an Italian telecommunications company of the CK Hutchison Holdings Limited group, which offers mobile and fixed telephony services. It began as a mobile telephone operator in 1999, with the name ''And ...

, Italian telecommunications company

Film

* ''Three'' (1965 film), a Yugoslavian film by Aleksandar Petrović * ''Three'' (1969 film), starring Charlotte Rampling and Sam Waterston * ''Three'' (2002 film), an Asian horror movie collaboration * '' 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story'', a 2004 television movie * ''

Survival Island ''Survival Island'', also known as ''Three'', is a 2005 erotic thriller survival film written and directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, and Juan Pablo Di Pace. Plot Jack and Jennifer are a wealthy couple who are y ...

'' or ''Three'', a 2005 film starring Billy Zane and Kelly Brook * ''Three'' (2006 film), based on the novel with the same name * ''Three'' (2008 film), a Telugu film * '' Three – Love, Lies and Betrayal'', a 2009 film starring Aashish Chaudhary, Nausheen Ali Sardar & Akshay Kapoor * ''Three'' (2010 film), a German film also known as ''3'' * ''3'' (1996 film), an Italian film also known as ''Tre'' * ''3'' (2012 Tamil film), a Tamil film starring Dhanush and Shruti Haasan * ''3'' (2012 Uruguayan film), a Uruguayan drama film directed by Pablo Stoll * ''Three'' (2016 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese film by Johnnie To * ''3'' (2018 film), a Kannada film starring Pooja Gandhi * ''Three'' (2020 film), a 2020 film Kazakh-South Korean film * ''The Three'', a 2020 Russian film

Television

* ''Three'' (TV series), a 1998 American series * ''3'' (TV series), a 2012 CBS reality television series * "3" (''The X-Files''), a 1994 episode * '' 3%'', a 2016 Brazilian dystopian thriller series * '' 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story'', a 2004 television movie * '' Three's Company'', 1970's TV series * BBC Three, a British television channel. * Channel 3, television channel traditionally associated with

ITV (TV network) ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passi ...

in the UK *

Three (TV channel) Three ( mi, Toru), stylized as +HR=E, is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3, it was New Zealand's first private broadcasting, privately owned television channel. The channel currently broadcasts nat ...

, a New Zealand television channel

Music

Music theory and notation

* The

mediant In music, the mediant (''Latin'': to be in the middle) is the third scale degree () of a diatonic scale, being the note halfway between the tonic and the dominant.Benward & Saker (2003), p.32. In the movable do solfège system, the mediant note i ...

, the third note in a major or minor scale, often called a third and notated III or iii * A triad (music), a chord with three notes, usually spaced in thirds * A triplet, a type of tuplet, where a beat is split into three spaces

Artists

3 (1980s band) 3 (sometimes referred to as Emerson, Berry & Palmer) were a short-lived progressive rock band formed by former Emerson, Lake & Palmer members Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer and American multi-instrumentalist Robert Berry in 1988. After one album ...

, a rock band of Keith Emerson, Robert Berry and Carl Palmer *

3 (American band) 3, also known as Three, is an American progressive rock band formed in Woodstock, New York, United States, in the early 1990s. History The band was founded in 1994 as a three piece: Joey Eppard on guitar and lead vocals, Josh Eppard on drums a ...

, an experimental progressive band based in Woodstock, New York * III, the Inti Creates sound team *

Three (band) Three was a post-hardcore band signed to Dischord Records. Originally composed of Ian Mackaye and Jeff Nelson along with Geoff Turner and Steve Niles of the band Gray Matter (band), Gray Matter, Mackaye left the band quickly and was replaced by Ma ...

, a post hardcore band signed to Dischord Records * Three, a 1960s avant-garde jazz group fronted by

Don Francks Don Harvey Francks (February 28, 1932 – April 3, 2016), also known by his stage name Iron Buffalo, was a Canadian actor, musician and singer. Career Don Harvey Francks was born on February 28, 1932, and was adopted shortly after his birth. H ...

* Thriii, an American girl group composed of China Anne McClain, Sierra McClain, and Lauryn McClain * BK3, Three or 3, a band with Bill Kreutzmann, Scott Murawski and Oteil Burbridge * #3, the pseudonym of American musician Chris Fehn when performing with Slipknot

Albums

* ''

Acid King III Acid King is an American stoner metal band from San Francisco, California. It was formed in 1993 by frontwoman Lori S., drummer Joey Osbourne and bassist Peter Lucas. Acid King have since recorded four studio albums and two EPs with a series of ...

'', by Acid King, 2005 * ''

AB III ''AB III'' is the third studio album by the rock band Alter Bridge, released on October 8, 2010. Produced by Michael Baskette, the album is a departure from the band's first two albums; lyrically, it is a loose concept album dealing with darker ly ...

'', by Alter Bridge, 2010 * ''Three'', by

APB (band) APB is a Scottish post-punk band, formed in 1979, that blended funk rock, punk rock and new wave music. The group had only modest success during its brief run, yet their influence can be heard in the sound of such current bands as Franz Ferd ...

, 2007 * ''Three'', by Armageddon (Swedish band), 2002 * ''3'' (The Atomic Bitchwax album), 2005 * ''III'' (Bad Books album), 2019 * ''III'' (BadBadNotGood album), 2014 * ''III'' (Banks album), 2019 * ''III'', by

Dany Bédar Dany Bédar is a francophone Québécois singer from Val-d'Or in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.Élise Giguère"DANY BÉDAR : LE FRUIT DE SON RÉCENT SUCCÈS" ''Voir'', February 17, 2005. At the age of 19, Bédar moved to Montreal, whe ...

, 2008 * ''3'' (Bo Bice album), 2010 * '' Billy Talent III'', by Billy Talent, 2009 * ''Three'' (The Black Heart Procession album), 2000 * ''Black Widow III'', an album by Black Widow (band), 1972 * ''III'' (Gui Boratto album), 2011 * ''III'' (Bosse-de-Nage album), 2012 * ''III'' (Chad Brock album), 2001 * ''3'' (Buffalo Killers album), 2011 * ''3'' (The Butchies album), 2001 * ''Three'' (The John Butler Trio album), 2001 * ''3'' (Calogero album), 2004 * '' Chicago III'', by Chicago, 1971 * ''Three'' (Charlotte Church EP), 2013 * ''III'' (Crystal Castles album), 2012 * '' Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom'', by Cypress Hill, 1995 * '' Danzig III: How the Gods Kill'', by Danzig, 1992 * ''III'', by Demons & Wizards, 2020 * ''III'' (Download album), 1997 * ''Three'' (End of Everything album), 2006 * ''III'' (Espers album), 2009 * ''III'' (Eths album), 2012 * ''III'' (Family Force 5 album), 2011 * ''3'', by Final, 2006 * ''3'' (FireHouse album), 1995 * '' Focus 3'', by Focus, 1972 * ''III'' (Foster the People EP), 2017 * ''III'' (Fuzz album), 2020 * ''Three'' (Gloriana album), 2015 * ''III'' (Haloo Helsinki! album), 2011 * ''III'' (Hillsong Young & Free album), 2018 * ''Three'', by

Honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

, 2001 * ''3'' (honeyhoney album), 2015 * ''3'' (Ich Troje album), 1999 * ''3'' (Indochine album), 1985 * ''Three'' (Bob James album), 1976 * ''III'' (JoJo EP), 2015 * ''BK3'' (album) by Bruce Kulick, 2010 * '' Led Zeppelin III'', by Led Zeppelin, 1970 * ''III'' (The Lumineers album), 2019 * ''III'' (Makthaverskan album), 2017 * ''III'', by

Masked Intruder Masked Intruder is an anonymous American punk rock band from Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The members of the band are Intruder Yellow (bass, backing vocals), Intruder Green (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Intruder Red (drums, backing voc ...

, 2019 * ''3'' (Mastedon album), 2009 * ''III'' (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster album), 2009 * ''iii'', by Milosh, 2008 * ''III'' (Moderat album), 2016 * ''III'' (Moistboyz album), 2002 * ''III'' (Stanton Moore album), 2006 * ''III'', by

Mt. Egypt Mt. Egypt is the moniker for Travis Graves, an American singer-songwriter from Virginia. In 2002, skateboarding friend Jason Dill connected Graves to the label Record Collection. The following year, Mt. Egypt released his debut album, ''Battenin ...

, 2009 * ''III'' (Joe Nichols album), 2005 * ''3'' (Netsky album), 2009 (also stylised ''III'') * ''3'' (Ngaiire album), 2021 * ''Three'' (Nine Days album), 1998 * ''3'' (Nouvelle Vague album), 2009 * ''III'' (Orbital EP), 1991 * ''3'', by

Peace Love & Pitbulls Peace, Love & Pitbulls (1992–1997) was a Swedish/Dutch industrial rock band headed by Joakim Thåström. Thåström, who became famous in the 1970s and 1980s with his bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet was a Swedish rock band from Stockholm, ...

, 1997 * ''Three'' (Ph.D. album), 2009 * ''Three'' (Phantogram album), 2016 * ''Three'' (Joel Plaskett album), 2009 * ''3'' (Pole album), 2000 * ''3rd'' (The Rasmus EP), 1996 * ''3'' (soundtrack), by Anirudh Ravichander, from the 2012 Tamil film * ''Phase Three'' (album), by Riverdales, 2003 * ''III'' (Sahg album), 2010 * ''Santana'' (1971 album), Santana, 1971 (often referred to as ''III'') * ''3'' (Alejandro Sanz album), 1995 * ''#3'' (The Script album), 2012 * '' Sebadoh III'', by Sebadoh, 1991 * ''#3'' (Shakespears Sister album), 2004 * ''III'' (Shiny Toy Guns album), 2012 * ''III'' (Bob Sinclar album), 2003 * '' 3's'', by Smile Empty Soul, 2012 * ''iii'' (Miike Snow album), 2016 * ''3'' (Soulfly album), 2002 * ''III'' (S.O.S. Band album), 1982 * ''Threes'' (album), by Sparta, 2006 * ''#3'' (Suburban Kids with Biblical Names album), 2005 * ''Three'' (Sugababes album), 2003 * ''III'' (Take That album), 2014 * ''3'' (Tricot album), 2017 * ''Three'' (Tubeless Hearts album), 1994 * ''3'' (Typical Cats album), 2012 * ''Three'' (U2 EP), 1979 * '' Van Halen III'', by Van Halen, 1998 * ''3'' (Violent Femmes album), 1989 * ''III'', by Xerath, 2014

Songs

* "3" (Britney Spears song), 2009 * "3" (Disturbed song), 2011 * "3", a song by Flume from the album '' Skin'', 2016 * "3", a song by Scott Storch, 2021 * "3", a song by Ultravox from the B-side of " Same Old Story", 1986 * ".3", a song by Porcupine Tree from the album '' In Absentia'', 2002 * "III", by Foster the People from '' Sacred Hearts Club'', 2017 * "Tres" (song) ( en, Three), a 2008 song by Juanes * "Three", a song by Massive Attack from the album '' Protection'', 1994 * "Three", a song by Future and Young Thug from the mixtape ''

Super Slimey ''Super Slimey'' is a collaborative commercial mixtape by American rappers Future and Young Thug. It was released on October 20, 2017, by 300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records, Epic Records, Freebandz and YSL Records. The mixtape features a sole gues ...

'', 2017 * "Three", a song by Lily Allen from the album '' No Shame'', 2018 * "Three", a 1969 song by Jimmy Newman * "Three", a 1969 song by Strawberry Alarm Clock * "Song 3", a song by Robbie Williams from the album '' Escapology'', 2002 * "Song Three", a song from the Mahagonny-Songspiel * "Three", a song by Karma to Burn from the album '' Wild, Wonderful Purgatory'', 1999

Other music

3 Songs (disambiguation) Three Songs or 3 Songs (also Song Three or variants such as Drei Lieder, Tres canciones and Trois Chansons), may refer to: Music Classical compositions * Three Songs String Quartet No. 1, by Efraín Amaya *Three Songs, Op. 12, by Hubert Parry * '' ...

* ''

3 EPs ''3 EPs'' is a full-length CD by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs Tall Dwarfs are a New Zealand rock band formed in 1981 by Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate, who helped pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music. The duo were former members of Toy Love. ...

'', a 1994 Tall Dwarfs EP * III Records, a Japanese record label * '' The Three E.P.'s'', a 1998 The Beta Band album

Science and technology

* 3, the resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride * 3, the

DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997. It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to ...

for many East Asian countries (except for Japan and China) * Group 3 element, often written as III * A

superscript A subscript or superscript is a character (such as a number or letter) that is set slightly below or above the normal line of type, respectively. It is usually smaller than the rest of the text. Subscripts appear at or below the baseline, whil ...

3 (³) is used to represent the cubing of a number *

Schläfli symbol In geometry, the Schläfli symbol is a notation of the form \ that defines regular polytopes and tessellations. The Schläfli symbol is named after the 19th-century Swiss mathematician Ludwig Schläfli, who generalized Euclidean geometry to more ...

for an equilateral triangle * Giant star (III), in the Yerkes spectral classification

Transportation

Automobiles

* BMW 3 Series, a German compact luxury car * Chery Arrizo 3, a Chinese subcompact sedan *

Chery Tiggo 3 The Chery Tiggo 3, or originally the Chery Tiggo (), is a compact crossover produced by the Chinese manufacturer Chery Automobile since 2005 (debuted at the Shanghai Motor Show). It is the first product of the Chery Tiggo series. The original ve ...

, a Chinese compact SUV *

Lynk & Co 03 Lynk & Co 03 is a compact sedan manufactured by Chinese-Swedish automaker Lynk & Co as the sedan version of Lynk & Co 02. The Lynk & Co 03 sedan went on sale in October 2018 and was developed by China Euro Vehicle Technology AB (CEVT), a Swedi ...

, a Chinese subcompact crossover * Mazda3, a Japanese compact sedan * MG 3, a British-Chinese subcompact hatchback * Peugeot Type 3, a French steam-powered car * Qoros 3, a Chinese compact car * Tesla Model 3, an American compact electric sedan * Volkswagen Type 3, a German compact car

Roads and routes

3 (New York City Subway service) The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan. The 3 operates a ...

, a service of the New York City Subway * List of highways numbered 3

Other uses

* Samsung Galaxy 3, a smartphone * Three-point field goal, a long shot in basketball * '' Threes'', a game on the iPhone * ''Company'' (musical), a musical originally titled ''Threes'' * Three, a personality type of the Enneagram of Personality typology *

3, Triq ix-Xatt 3, Triq ix-Xatt was a nineteenth-century building in Marsaskala, Malta. Built during the Crown Colony of Malta, it was a vernacular structure which appears in an iconic 1885 photo of the former fishing village - prior development into a resident ...

, a nineteenth-century building in Marsaskala, Malta * Three Percenters, a far-right American paramilitary group advocating gun rights and resisting government

Similar glyphs

* Open-mid central unrounded vowel, ɜ, of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), used in Cherokee and some English pronunciation * Ezh (letter), Ʒ, a symbol for dram ** Lowercase ezh, ʒ, representing the Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant of the IPA, used in several African languages * Dram (unit) (ℨ) and Gothic font letter Z *

Yogh The letter yogh (ȝogh) ( ; Scots: ; Middle English: ) was used in Middle English and Older Scots, representing ''y'' () and various velar phonemes. It was derived from the Insular form of the letter ''g''. In Middle English writing, tailed z ...

or Ȝ, letter used in Middle English and Middle Scots * Gyfu or Gar (rune) Anglo Saxon runes transliterated as ȝ * Ze (Cyrillic) or З, eleventh letter of Kazakh, tenth letter of Ukrainian, Dungan, ninth letter of Russian, Belarusian, Uzbek, Serbo-Croatian, Mongolian, eighth letter of Bulgarian and Kyrgyz alphabets; and Cyrillic numeral 7 * E (Cyrillic) or Э, fortieth letter of Kazakh, thirty-fifth letter of Dungan, thirty-third letter of Mongolian, thirty-first letter of Russian, thirtieth letter of Belarusian, twenty-eighth letter of Kyrgyz, and twenty-seventh letter of Uzbek alphabets * Abkhazian Dze or Ӡ, nineteenth letter of Abkhazian Cyrillic script alphabet *

Ro (kana) ろ, in hiragana, or ロ in katakana, (romanised as ''ro'') is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in one stroke, katakana in three. Both represent and both originate from the Chinese character ...

or ろ, in hiragana Japanese script * ③, one of the Enclosed Alphanumerics * Da̰ dwé or ဒ, nineteenth letter of

Burmese alphabet The Burmese alphabet ( my, မြန်မာအက္ခရာ ''mranma akkha.ra'', ) is an abugida used for writing Burmese. It is ultimately adapted from a Brahmic script, either the Kadamba or Pallava alphabet of South India. The Burmese ...

* Vin or ვ, sixth letter of

Georgian alphabet The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are written hor ...

and Georgian numeral 6 * Kan or კ, eleventh letter of Georgian alphabet and Georgian numeral 20 * Par or პ, seventeenth letter of Georgian alphabet and Georgian numeral 80 * Vie or ჳ, obsolete twenty-second letter of Georgian alphabet * Hi or Յ, twenty-first letter of Armenian alphabet and Armenian numeral 300 * ౩, Telugu alphabet numeral 3 * ૩, Gujarati alphabet numeral 3 * ३, Devanagari numeral 3 * ੩,

Gurmukhī alphabet Gurmukhī ( pa, ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, , Shahmukhi: ) is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). It is used by Punjabi Sikhs to write the language, commonly re ...

numeral 3 * ༣, Tibetan alphabet numeral 3 * Ꜣ, used to transcribe the Ancient Egyptian 'aleph' phoneme; see Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian

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