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 March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of Marc ...

, 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 William Norman Trevor Sansom FRSL (18 January 1912 – 20 April 1976) was a British novelist, travel and short story writer known for his highly descriptive prose style. Profile Sansom was born in London, the third son of Ernest Brooks Sans ...

* ''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 Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist sympathies and political activism. She was blacklisted aft ...

* ''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, 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 ''Three – Love, Lies and Betrayal'' is an Indian Hindi suspense thriller film starring Ashish Chaudhary, Nausheen Ali Sardar, Akshay Kapoor and Achint Kaur. It was released on 21 August 2009. Plot ''Three – Love, Lies and Betrayal'' is a fi ...

'', 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 ''Three's Company'' is an American sitcom television series that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. It is based on the British sitcom ''Man About the House''. The story revolves around three single roomma ...

'', 1970's TV series *

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...

, 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) In music, a triad is a set of three notes (or "pitch classes") that can be stacked vertically in thirds.Ronald Pen, ''Introduction to Music'' (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992): 81. . "A triad is a set of notes consisting of three notes built on succe ...

, a chord with three notes, usually spaced in thirds * A triplet, a type of

tuplet In music, a tuplet (also irrational rhythm or groupings, artificial division or groupings, abnormal divisions, irregular rhythm, gruppetto, extra-metric groupings, or, rarely, contrametric rhythm) is "any rhythm that involves dividing the beat i ...

, 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 is a Japanese video game development company. Formed by ex-Capcom staff in May 1996, they are best known for developing games in the ''Mega Man'' series, namely the ''Mega Man Zero'' and ''Mega Man ZX'' series, and their flagship ''Azure Striker ...

sound team * Three (band), 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 Thriii (pronounced "three") is an American girl group that was formed in 2005 by the sisters China Anne McClain, Sierra McClain, and Lauryn McClain. The group was also known as 3mcclaingirls in 2005–2009, McClain Sisters in 2010–2014 and ju ...

, an American girl group composed of China Anne McClain, Sierra McClain, and Lauryn McClain *

BK3 BK3 were an American rock band led by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Kreutzmann formed the band in 2008 with Max Creek guitarist Scott Murawski and Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge. Formation Bill Kreutzmann and Scott Murawsk ...

, Three or 3, a band with Bill Kreutzmann, Scott Murawski and Oteil Burbridge * #3, the pseudonym of American musician

Chris Fehn Christopher Fehn (born February 24, 1973) is an American musician. He was a percussionist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Slipknot from 1998 to 2019, in which he was designated #3. He was also the bassist for Will Haven from 201 ...

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), 2007 * ''Three'', by

Armageddon (Swedish band) Armageddon is a Swedish melodic death metal band, led by Christopher Amott of Arch Enemy. Biography Formed in Halmstad, Sweden, in 1997 by Christopher Amott, Armageddon began when Arch Enemy were invited to Japan to sign a new record deal wit ...

, 2002 * ''3'' (The Atomic Bitchwax album), 2005 * ''III'' (Bad Books album), 2019 * ''III'' (BadBadNotGood album), 2014 * ''III'' (Banks album), 2019 * ''III'', by Dany Bédar, 2008 * ''3'' (Bo Bice album), 2010 * ''

Billy Talent III ''Billy Talent III'' is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Billy Talent. It was released on July 10, 2009, in Europe, July 13 in the United Kingdom, July 14 in Canada, and September 22 in the US. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Canad ...

'', by Billy Talent, 2009 * ''Three'' (The Black Heart Procession album), 2000 * ''Black Widow III'', an album by

Black Widow (band) Black Widow were a rock band that formed in Leicester, England, in September 1969. The band were mostly known for their early use of Satanic and occult imagery in their music and stage act. History The band originally formed in 1966 as Pesk ...

, 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 ''Chicago III'' is the third studio album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1971. It was the band's third consecutive double album of new studio material in less than two years. Background In the wake of the enormous worldwid ...

'', 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 Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

, 2006 * ''3'' (FireHouse album), 1995 * ''

Focus 3 ''Focus 3'' or ''Focus III'' is the third studio album by Dutch rock band Focus, released as a double album in November 1972 on Imperial Records. Recorded after touring in support of their previous album, '' Moving Waves'' (1971), the album saw t ...

'', 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 ''Led Zeppelin III'' is the third studio album by the English rock music, rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 5 October 1970. It was recorded in three locations. Much of the work was done at Headley Grange, a country house, using the Rolling St ...

'', 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 Mike Milosh, known professionally as Milosh, (born 1976) is a Canadian electronic musician from Toronto, who is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Career Milosh started learning classical cello at age three, later taking up drumming. ...

, 2008 * ''III'' (Moderat album), 2016 * ''III'' (Moistboyz album), 2002 * ''III'' (Stanton Moore album), 2006 * ''III'', by Mt. Egypt, 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, 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 ''III'' (or ''Sebadoh III'') is the third album by the American indie rock band Sebadoh. It was released by Homestead Records in 1991. ''III'' was the first full length Sebadoh album to feature Jason Loewenstein, who joined the band's two foundin ...

'', by Sebadoh, 1991 * ''#3'' (Shakespears Sister album), 2004 * ''III'' (Shiny Toy Guns album), 2012 * ''III'' (Bob Sinclar album), 2003 * ''

3's ''3s'' is the fifth full-length album by american post-grunge band Smile Empty Soul. The album was released on May 22, 2012. "Afterlife" was chosen as the first single off the album along with an accompanying music video. Music videos were late ...

'', 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 ''Van Halen III'' is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on March 17, 1998, by Warner Bros. Records. Produced by Mike Post and Eddie Van Halen, it was the band's first studio album in three years after ''Balance'' ...

'', by Van Halen, 1998 * ''3'' (Violent Femmes album), 1989 * ''III'', by

Xerath Xerath were an English heavy metal band from Basingstoke, Hampshire. Formed in 2007, the band gained international recognition after the release of their debut album ''I (One)'' via Candlelight Records in 2009, a record label they stuck with ...

, 2014

Songs

* "3" (Britney Spears song), 2009 * "3" (Disturbed song), 2011 * "3", a song by Flume from the album ''

Skin Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation. Other cuticle, animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have diffe ...

'', 2016 * "3", a song by

Scott Storch Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is an American record producer and songwriter. He started off as a keyboardist for the group the Roots. Early life Storch was born on Long Island, New York. He was raised in South Florida and Phila ...

, 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 is Latin for absence. , a legal term, is Latin for "in the absence" or "while absent". may also refer to: * Award in absentia * Declared death in absentia, or simply, death in absentia, legally declared death without a body * Election in absen ...

'', 2002 * "III", by Foster the People from ''

Sacred Hearts Club ''Sacred Hearts Club'' is the third studio album by American indie pop band Foster the People, released on July 21, 2017, through Columbia Records. The album was preceded by the extended play ''III'', which is composed of three tracks from the a ...

'', 2017 * "Tres" (song) ( en, Three), a 2008 song by Juanes * "Three", a song by Massive Attack from the album ''

Protection Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...

'', 1994 * "Three", a song by Future and Young Thug from the mixtape '' Super Slimey'', 2017 * "Three", a song by Lily Allen from the album '' No Shame'', 2018 * "Three", a 1969 song by

Jimmy Newman Jimmy Yves Newman (August 29, 1927 – June 21, 2014), better known as Jimmy C. Newman (the C stands for Cajun), was an American country music and cajun singer-songwriter and long-time star of the Grand Ole Opry. Early life Newman was born ...

* "Three", a 1969 song by

Strawberry Alarm Clock Strawberry Alarm Clock is a psychedelic rock band formed in 1967 with origins in Glendale, California, a city about ten miles north of downtown Los Angeles. They are best known for their 1967 hit single "Incense and Peppermints". Categorized as ...

* "Song 3", a song by Robbie Williams from the album ''

Escapology Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also classified as escape artists) escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks, and ot ...

'', 2002 * "Song Three", a song from the

Mahagonny-Songspiel ''Mahagonny, ein Songspiel'', or ''Mahagonny, a song-play'', was written by composer Kurt Weill and dramatist Bertolt Brecht and first performed with that title and description in 1927. Elisabeth Hauptmann contributed the words to two of its songs. ...

* "Three", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''

Wild, Wonderful Purgatory ''Wild, Wonderful Purgatory'' is the second studio album by stoner rock band Karma to Burn. The album was released on May 31, 1999 (Europe) by Roadrunner UK, and July 7, 1999 (North America) by MIA Records. The album was reissued on March 18, 20 ...

'', 1999

Other music

* 3 Songs (disambiguation) * ''

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 iii Records is a Japanese record label founded in 1999 and dedicated to issuing music from jazz to classical with focus on avant-garde and experimental directions. The label's list consists of artists such as: *OGOGO, *Igor Grigoriev Igor Gri ...

, a Japanese record label * ''

The Three E.P.'s ''The Three E.P.'s'' is a compilation album of the first three releases by Scottish musical group The Beta Band, comprising the EPs ''Champion Versions'', '' The Patty Patty Sound'' and '' Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos''. The album was released ...

'', a 1998 The Beta Band album

Science and technology

* 3, the

resin identification code The ASTM International Resin Identification Coding System, often abbreviated RIC, is a set of symbols appearing on plastic products that identify the plastic resin out of which the product is made. It was developed in 1988 by the Society of th ...

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 Group 3 is the first group of transition metals in the periodic table. This group is closely related to the rare-earth elements. Although some controversy exists regarding the composition and placement of this group, it is generally agreed among ...

, 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 In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have the same length. In the familiar Euclidean geometry, an equilateral triangle is also equiangular; that is, all three internal angles are also congruent to each othe ...

Giant star A giant star is a star with substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main sequence, main-sequence (or ''dwarf'') star of the same effective temperature, surface temperature.Giant star, entry in ''Astronomy Encyclopedia'', ed. Patrick Moo ...

(III), in the Yerkes spectral classification

Transportation

Automobiles

BMW 3 Series The BMW 3 Series is a line of compact executive cars manufactured by the German automaker BMW since May 1975. It is the successor to the 02 Series and has been produced in seven generations. The first generation of the 3 Series was only avail ...

, a German compact luxury car *

Chery Arrizo 3 The Chery Arrizo 3 is a subcompact sedan produced by Chery. Overview The Chery Arrizo 3 is essentially a facelifted Chery E3, and was teased by the Chery Arrizo Newbee concept car at the 2014 Guangzhou Auto Show, and debuted by the end of 2014. ...

, 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, a Chinese subcompact crossover *

Mazda3 The Mazda3 (known as the Mazda Axela in Japan (first three generations), a combination of "accelerate" and "excellent") is a compact car manufactured by Mazda. It was first introduced in 2003 as a 2004 model, replacing the Mazda Familia, Familia ...

, a Japanese compact sedan *

MG 3 The MG3 is a small car produced by the Chinese automotive company SAIC. The first generation, marketed as the MG3 SW, is based on the British made Rover Streetwise, which itself was based on the Rover 25, while the second generation, introdu ...

, a British-Chinese subcompact hatchback *

Peugeot Type 3 Background The earliest Peugeot models from 1889 were steam-powered tricycles, built in collaboration with Léon Serpollet. In 1890, Armand Peugeot met with car technology innovators Gottlieb Daimler and Émile Levassor and became convinced t ...

, a French steam-powered car *

Qoros 3 The Qoros 3 is the first automobile from the Chinese manufacturer Qoros Auto, jointly (50%–50%) owned by Kenon Holdings and China's Chery Automobile Company. The four-door sedan was formally announced at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2013. ...

, a Chinese compact car *

Tesla Model 3 The Tesla Model 3 is a compact executive sedan that is battery powered and produced by Tesla. Limited production of the Model 3 began in mid-2017, with the first production vehicle rolling off the assembly line on July 7, 2017. The officia ...

, an American compact electric sedan *

Volkswagen Type 3 The Volkswagen Type 3 is a compact car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen from 1961-1973. Introduced at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show, ''Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA)'', the Type 3 was marketed as the Volkswagen 1500 and later ...

, 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 The following highways are numbered 3, H-3, PRI-3, AH3, E03 and R3. For roads numbered A3, see A3 roads. For roads numbered M3, see M3. For roads numbered N3, see N3. For roads numbered 3A, see 3A. International * Asian Highway 3 * Europe ...

Other uses

Samsung Galaxy 3 The Samsung Galaxy 3, also known as the Samsung Galaxy Apollo, Samsung Galaxy Mini in Italy, or Samsung Galaxy 580 in Hong Kong, is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android operating system. Announced and released ...

, a smartphone *

Three-point field goal A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer, three, or trey) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two poi ...

, a long shot in basketball * ''

Threes ''Threes'' (stylized as ''Threes!'') is a puzzle video game by Sirvo, an independent development team consisting of game designer Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson. The game was released on February 6, 2014, for ...

'', a game on the iPhone * ''Company'' (musical), a musical originally titled ''Threes'' * Three, a personality type of the

Enneagram of Personality The Enneagram of Personality, or simply the Enneagram (from the Greek words meaning "nine"and meaning something "written" or "drawn", is a model of the Psyche (psychology), human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a ...

typology * 3, Triq ix-Xatt, a nineteenth-century building in Marsaskala, Malta *

Three Percenters The Three Percenters, also styled 3 Percenters, 3%ers and III%ers, are an American and Canadian far-right anti-government militia. The group advocates gun ownership rights and resistance to the U.S. federal government. The group's name d ...

, a far-right American paramilitary group advocating gun rights and resisting government

Similar glyphs

Open-mid central unrounded vowel The open-mid central unrounded vowel, or low-mid central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphab ...

, ɜ, of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), used in Cherokee and some English pronunciation *

Ezh (letter) Ezh (Ʒ ʒ) , also called the "tailed z", is a letter whose lower case form is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), representing the voiced postalveolar fricative consonant. For example, the pronunciation of "si" in ''vi ...

, Ʒ, a symbol for dram ** Lowercase ezh, ʒ, representing the

Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant A voiced postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The International Phonetic Association uses term ''voiced postalveolar fricative'' only for the sound , but it also describes the voiced postalveolar ...

of the IPA, used in several African languages *

Dram (unit) The dram (alternative British spelling drachm; apothecary symbol ʒ or ℨ; abbreviated dr) Earlier version first published in ''New English Dictionary'', 1897.National Institute of Standards and Technology (October 2011). Butcher, Tina; Cook, ...

(ℨ) and Gothic font letter Z *

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

or Ȝ, letter used in Middle English and Middle Scots *

Gyfu Gyfu is the name for the ''g''-rune in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, meaning ‘gift’ or ‘generosity’: The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet is 𐌲 ''g'', called ''giba''. The same rune also appears in the Elder Futhark, with a ...

Gar (rune) Gars are members of the family Lepisosteidae, which are the only surviving members of the Ginglymodi, an ancient holosteian group of ray-finned fish, which first appeared during the Triassic, over 240 million years ago. Gars comprise seven livin ...

Anglo Saxon runes transliterated as ȝ *

Ze (Cyrillic) Ze (З з; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiced alveolar fricative , like the pronunciation of in "zebra". ''Ze is romanized using the Latin letter'' . The shape of Ze is very similar to the ...

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) Э э (Э э; italics: ''Э э''; also known as backwards ye, from Russian , ''ye oborótnoye'', ) is a letter found in three Slavic languages: Russian, Belarusian, and West Polesian. It represents the vowels and , as the e in the wo ...

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 Abkhazian Dze (Ӡ ӡ; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is used in the Abkhazian language where it represents the voiced alveolar affricate , pronounced like in "pods". This letter was also used in one 1937 proposal (not ad ...

or Ӡ, nineteenth letter of Abkhazian Cyrillic script alphabet * Ro (kana) or ろ, in hiragana Japanese script * ③, one of the

Enclosed Alphanumerics Enclosed Alphanumerics is a Unicode block of Typography, typographical symbols of an alphanumeric within a circle, a bracket or other not-closed enclosure, or ending in a full stop. It is currently fully allocated. Within the Basic Multili ...

* 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 The Armenian alphabet ( hy, Հայոց գրեր, ' or , ') is an alphabetic writing system used to write Armenian language, Armenian. It was developed around 405 AD by Mesrop Mashtots, an Armenian linguist and wikt:ecclesiastical, ecclesiast ...

and Armenian numeral 300 * ౩,

Telugu alphabet Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

numeral 3 * ૩,

Gujarati alphabet The Gujarati script (, transliterated: ) is an abugida for the Gujarati language, Kutchi language, and various other languages. It is a variant of the Devanagari script differentiated by the loss of the characteristic horizontal line running abo ...

numeral 3 * ३,

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...

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 The Tibetan script is a segmental writing system (''abugida'') of Indic origin used to write certain Tibetic languages, including Tibetan, Dzongkha, Sikkimese, Ladakhi, Jirel and Balti. It has also been used for some non-Tibetic languages ...

numeral 3 * Ꜣ, used to transcribe the Ancient Egyptian 'aleph' phoneme; see

Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian As used for Egyptology, transliteration of Ancient Egyptian is the process of converting (or mapping) texts written as Egyptian language symbols to alphabetic symbols representing uniliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs, hieroglyphs or their hieratic and D ...