Definition of Triplex

1. Adjective. Having three units or components or elements. "Triplex windows"

Exact synonyms: Ternary, Treble, Triple
Similar to: Multiple

Definition of Triplex

1. a. Havingthree principal operative parts or motions, so as to produce a three-fold effect.

Definition of Triplex

1. Proper noun. (British trademark) a safety glass for car windows, consisting of three layers (glass and mica) ¹

2. Adjective. Having three parts; triple or threefold. ¹

3. Adjective. (architecture) Having three floors or other divisions. ¹

4. Noun. A building with three apartments or divisions ¹

5. Noun. (qualifier juggling) throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Triplex

1. an apartment having three floors [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triplex

tripleheader
tripleheaders
tripleness
triples
triplestore
triplestores
triplet
triplet code
triplet oxygen
triplet state
tripletail
tripletails
tripleton
tripletons
triplets
triplex (current term)
triplexes
triplicate
triplicate-ternate
triplicated
triplicates
triplicating
triplication
triplications
triplicative
triplicities
triplicity
triplicostate
triplied
triplies

Literary usage of Triplex

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

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1873)
"NOTE ON THE triplex TILL OF DR. JOHN" W. FRANCIS. BY EDWARD R. SQUIBB, MD MANY years ago the well-known Dr. John W. Francis used a pill which he called ..."

2. Materials of Construction by Harry E. Pulver (1922)
"This process gives a steel of a high quality and at a lower cost than when the electric process is used alone. 291. The triplex Process. ..."

3. Textbook of the Materials of Engineering by Herbert Fisher Moore, Harrison Frederick Gonnerman (1922)
"Duplex and triplex Processes of Steel Making, using the Electric Furnace. ... In the triplex process pig iron from blast furnaces is first fed to "mixers" ..."

4. Handbook of Construction Plant: Its Cost and Efficiency by Richard Turner Dana (1914)
"These are made in three types, triplex, duplex and differential. Fig. 58. These are made in three types, triplex, duplex and differential. ..."

5. Practical Calculation of Dynamo-electric Machines: A Manual for Electrical by Alfred Eugene Wiener (1901)
"It is to give 145 volts at 125 revolutions per minute, with a triplex series drum winding. ... NUMBER OF CONDUCTORS AND CONNECTING PITCHES FOR triplex ..."

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