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Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a "
treble 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 *T ...
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Sports

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Triple (baseball) In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice. A triple is sometimes called a ...
, a three-base hit * A basketball three-point field goal * A figure skating jump with three rotations * In
bowling terms : ''This glossary relates mainly to terms applicable to ten-pin bowling. For Candlepin bowling, candlepin terms, see Candlepin bowling#Jargon.'' Numerical *180: A pinsetter malfunction in which the sweep bar is stuck at the back of the lane ...
, three strikes in a row * In cycling, a crankset with three chainrings


Places

* Triple Islands, an uninhabited island group in Nunavut, Canada *
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 Columbia ...
, British Columbia, Canada * Triple Falls (disambiguation), four waterfalls in the United States & Canada *
Triple Glaciers Triple Glaciers are in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States. The glaciers are disconnected from each other and occupy three separate cirques on the northwest face of Mount Moran and northeast of Thor Peak. The glaciers are unoffic ...
, in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming *
Triple Crossing Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia is one of two places in North America where three Class I railroads cross at different levels at the same spot, the other being Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City. At the lowest (ground) level, the original R ...
, Richmond, Virginia, believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross * Triple Bridge, a stone arch bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia


Transportation

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Kawasaki triple The Kawasaki triples were a range of ' motorcycles made by Kawasaki from 1968 to 1980. The engines were air-cooled, three-cylinder, piston-controlled inlet port two-strokes with two exhaust pipes exiting on the right side of the bike, and one ...
, a Japanese motorcycle produced between 1969 and 1980 *
Triumph Triple The Triumph Triples are a family of modern DOHC straight-3, inline three-cylinder motorcycle engines made from 1990 onwards by the Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, Triumph Motorcycle Company at their Hinckley, Leicestershire factory. The inspiration f ...
, a motorcycle engine from Triumph Motorcycles Ltd * A
straight-three engine A straight-three engine (also called an inline-triple or inline-three) is a three-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. Less common than straight-four engines, straight-three engines have noneth ...
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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) In mathematics, a tuple is a finite ordered list (sequence) of elements. An -tuple is a sequence (or ordered list) of elements, where is a non-negative integer. There is only one 0-tuple, referred to as ''the empty tuple''. An -tuple is def ...
(3-tuple), a list or sequence with three elements * Triple (category theory), a construction in algebraic topology, now usually called a monad *
Semantic triple A semantic triple, or RDF triple or simply triple, is the atomic data entity in the Resource Description Framework (RDF) data model. As its name indicates, a triple is a set of three entities that codifies a statement about semantic data in the ...
, the atomic data entity in the Resource Description Framework (RDF)


Religion

* Triple deity, a deity who appears in three forms ** Triple goddess (Neopaganism), a divine female figure revered in Neopagan traditions


Other uses

* ''Triple'' (novel), by Ken Follett * ''Triples'' (web series), a 2020 Indian web series * Triples (cereal), a breakfast cereal made by General Mills in the 1990s * A method of
change ringing Change ringing is the art of ringing a set of tuned bells in a tightly controlled manner to produce precise variations in their successive striking sequences, known as "changes". This can be by method ringing in which the ringers commit to memor ...
of bells * TripleS (group), 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 subli ...
, in thermodynamics, the temperature and pressure at which three states of matter can co-exist *
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 * Triple metre, a musical metre characterized by a primary division of three beats to the bar *
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 on ...
, American professional wrestler * Treble (disambiguation) * Triplet (disambiguation) * Tripel, a style of beer {{Disambiguation, geo 3 (number)