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

, the third month

Books

* '' Three of Them'' (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 * ''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

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, an ...

, a global telecommunications brand ** 3Arena, 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 b ...

, telecommunications company operating in Hong Kong ** Three Australia, 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 n ...

, 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 ''An ...

, 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'' 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 ...

'', 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 room ...

'', 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, cur ...

, a British television channel. * Channel 3, television channel traditionally associated with ITV (TV network) in the UK * Three (TV channel), a New Zealand television channel

Music

Music theory and notation

* The mediant, 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 succ ...

, 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 ...

, 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 albu ...

, a rock band of Keith Emerson, Robert Berry and Carl Palmer * 3 (American band), 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 *

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'', by Acid King, 2005 * '' AB III'', 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 Pes ...

, 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 con ...

, 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 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 Stones Mobil ...

'', by Led Zeppelin, 1970 * ''III'' (The Lumineers album), 2019 * ''III'' (Makthaverskan album), 2017 * ''III'', by Masked Intruder, 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 foundi ...

'', 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'', 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 wi ...

, 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 animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different de ...

'', 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 Ph ...

, 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 ab ...

'', 2002 * "III", by Foster the People from ''Sacred Hearts Club'', 2017 * Tres (song), "Tres" (song) ( en, Three), a 2008 song by Juanes * "Three", a song by Massive Attack from the album ''Protection (Massive Attack album), Protection'', 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 (Lily Allen album), No Shame'', 2018 * "Three", a 1969 song by Jimmy C. Newman, Jimmy Newman * "Three", a 1969 song by Strawberry Alarm Clock * "Song 3", a song by Robbie Williams from the album ''Escapology (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) * ''3 EPs'', 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 for many East Asian countries (except for Japan and China) * Group 3 element, often written as III * A superscript 3 (³) is used to represent the Cube (algebra), cubing of a number * Schläfli symbol 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, a Chinese compact SUV * Lynk & Co 03, 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), 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), ''Company'' (musical), a musical originally titled ''Threes'' * Three, a personality type of the Enneagram of Personality typology * 3, Triq ix-Xatt, 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 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) or ろ, in hiragana Japanese script * ③, one of the Enclosed Alphanumerics * Da̰ dwé or ဒ, nineteenth letter of Burmese alphabet * Vin or ვ, sixth letter of Georgian alphabet 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#Numerals, Telugu alphabet numeral 3 * ૩, Gujarati alphabet#Digits, Gujarati alphabet numeral 3 * ३, Devanagari#Numerals, Devanagari numeral 3 * ੩, Gurmukhī alphabet#Numerals, Gurmukhī alphabet numeral 3 * ༣, Tibetan alphabet numeral 3 * Ꜣ, used to transcribe the Ancient Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian 'aleph' phoneme; see Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian