Definition of Three-way

1. Adjective. Involving three parties or elements. "A three-way playoff"

Exact synonyms: Three-party, Tripartite
Similar to: Many-sided, Multilateral

Definition of Three-way

1. Noun. Sexual activity involving three persons; a threesome; a menage à trois. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Three-way

three-quarter sibling
three-quarter siblings
three-quarter sister
three-quarter sisters
three-quarters
three-seeded mercury
three-sided
three-space
three-spaces
three-spined stickleback
three-square
three-time loser
three-toed sloth
three-up
three-way calling
three-way switch
three-ways
three-wheel
three-wheeled
three-wheeler
three L
three R's
three Rs
three card brag
three day eventing
three guys in a garage
three hots and a cot
three hundred

Literary usage of Three-way

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"When absorption is complete, the level-tube is When gases very soluble in water have to ЬР measured, a burette is used, provided at the top with a three-way ..."

2. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"... ae in the one illustrated, the ports to the top und the--' to the sides of each cylinder meet in a three-way cock, which, connecting the port on the ..."

3. Sewage Disposal in the United States by George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker (1893)
"AUTOMATIC three-way COCK FOB PERCHLORIDE op IRON TANK. was opened with the rise ... To do this the storage tank is connected through a three-way cock with a ..."

4. Lessons Learned from the California Drought (1987-1992): National Study of by Benedykt Dziegielewski, Hari P. Garbharran, John F. Langowski, Jr. (1997)
"The Three-Way Process Some respondents pointed out the Three-Way Process as an example of good cooperation and communication during the drought. ..."

5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The three-way stop-cock described in Patternmaking^ Part 3, is of such construction that all the angles are right angles. The one illustrated in Fig. ..."

6. A Comparison of Methods for Determining the Respiratory Exchange of Man by Thorne Martin Carpenter (1915)
"three-way valve, mouthpiece, nosepieces, and moistener.—The three- way valve used for the passage of air from the respiratory tract of the subject to the ..."

7. The Mechanical Engineering of Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1897)
"three-way and Four-way Valves.—It wil be apparent when one end of a cylinder is to be put int> alternate communication with boiler and exhaust-pipe that tie ..."

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