Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a "
treble":
Sports
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Triple (baseball)
In baseball, a triple is the act of a Batter (baseball), batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error (baseball statistics), error) nor another baserunner, runner being put ...
, a three-base hit
* A basketball
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
figure skating jump
Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines: men's singles, women's singles, and pair skatingbut not ice dancing. Jumping in figure skating is "relatively recent". They were originally individual compulso ...
with three rotations
* In
bowling terms, three strikes in a row
* In cycling, a
crankset
The crankset (in the US) or chainset (in the UK), is the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion used to drive the chain or belt, which in turn drives the rear wheel ...
with three chainrings
Places
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Triple Islands
The uninhabited Triple Islands are an island group located in Bathurst Inlet, south of Victoria Island, west of the Kent Peninsula, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Breakwater Islands, Ch ...
, an uninhabited island group in Nunavut, Canada
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Triple Island
Triple Island is a rocky, barren islet, marked by Triple Island Lightstation, located approximately halfway between the southwestern tip of Dundas Island and the westernmost tip of Stephens Island, islands of the North Coast of British Columbi ...
, British Columbia, Canada
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Triple Falls (disambiguation) Triple Falls may refer to:
* Triple Falls (California) — a 35 ft. waterfall located at Uvas Canyon County Park
* Triple Falls (North Carolina) — a 125 ft. waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest
* Triple Falls (Oregon)&n ...
, four waterfalls in the United States & Canada
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Triple Glaciers, in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Triple Crossing, Richmond, Virginia, believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross
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Triple Bridge
The Triple Bridge ( sl, Tromostovje, in older sources also ''Tromostje'') is a group of three bridges across the Ljubljanica River. It connects Ljubljana's historical medieval town on one bank and the modern city of Ljubljana, the capital of Slov ...
, a stone arch bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Transportation
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Kawasaki triple, a Japanese motorcycle produced between 1969 and 1980
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Triumph Triple, a motorcycle engine from Triumph Motorcycles Ltd
* A
straight-three engine
* A
semi-truck
A semi-trailer truck, also known as a semitruck, (or semi, eighteen-wheeler, big rig, tractor-trailer or, by synecdoche, a semitrailer) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. A semi-trailer a ...
with three trailers
Science and technology
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Triple (mathematics) (3-tuple), a list or sequence with three elements
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Triple (category theory)
In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a monad (also triple, triad, standard construction and fundamental construction) is a monoid in the category of endofunctors. An endofunctor is a functor mapping a category to itself, and a monad is a ...
, a construction in algebraic topology, now usually called a monad
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Semantic triple, the atomic data entity in the Resource Description Framework (RDF)
Religion
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Triple deity
A triple deity is a deity with three apparent forms that function as a singular whole. Such deities may sometimes be referred to as threefold, tripled, triplicate, tripartite, triune, triadic, or as a trinity. The number three has a long history ...
, a deity who appears in three forms
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Triple goddess (Neopaganism), a divine female figure revered in Neopagan traditions
Other uses
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''Triple'' (novel), by Ken Follett
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''Triples'' (web series), a 2020 Indian web series
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Triples (cereal)
Triples was an American breakfast cereal produced by General Mills in the 1990s that was similar to Rice Krispies
Rice Krispies (known as Rice Bubbles in Australia and New Zealand) is a breakfast cereal, marketed by Kellogg's in 1927 and re ...
, a breakfast cereal made by General Mills in the 1990s
* A method of
change ringing of bells
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TripleS (group)
TripleS (stylized as tripleS; /ˈtɹɪpəl:ɛs/; ; ja, トリプルS, Toripuru S) is a South Korean girl group formed by MODHAUS. The group was introduced to the public through a pre-debut project that began in May 2022, where each of the 24 me ...
, South Korean girl group
See also
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Triple point
In thermodynamics, the triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which the three phases (gas, liquid, and solid) of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium.. It is that temperature and pressure at which the sub ...
, in thermodynamics, the temperature and pressure at which three states of matter can co-exist
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Triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
, a track and field event
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Triple metre
Triple metre (or Am. triple meter, also known as triple time) is a musical metre characterized by a ''primary'' division of 3 beats to the bar, usually indicated by 3 (simple) or 9 ( compound) in the upper figure of the time signature, with , , ...
, a musical metre characterized by a primary division of three beats to the bar
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Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969), better known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, actor, and retired professional wrestler currently serving as the chief content officer for WWE. He is widely regarded as ...
, American professional wrestler
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Treble (disambiguation)
Treble may refer to:
In music:
* Treble (sound), tones of high frequency or range, the counterpart of bass
* Treble voice, a choirboy or choirgirl singing in the soprano range
*Treble (musical group), a three-piece girl group from the Netherlands
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Triplet (disambiguation)
A triplet is a set of three items, which may be in a specific order, or unordered. It may refer to:
Science
* A series of three nucleotide bases forming an element of the Genetic code
* J-coupling as part of Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrosc ...
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Tripel
Tripel is a term used by brewers mainly in the Low Countries, some other European countries, and the U.S. to describe a strong pale ale, loosely in the style of '' Westmalle Tripel''. The origin of the term is unknown, though the main theory i ...
, a style of beer
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