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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: triple-expansion engine - triradiate</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="tripleexpansionengine"> triple-expansion engine,<DL COMPACT><DD> a steam engine in which the steam passes into three cylinders in succession, so that the expansive force is used in three stages. </DL> <A NAME="tripleheader"> triple-header, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> three games played in the same sports arena one after another on the same day. </DL> <A NAME="triplejump"> triple jump,<DL COMPACT><DD> a track-and-field event consisting of a hop, a stride, and a jump; hop, skip, and jump. </DL> <A NAME="triplemeasure"> triple measure, =triple time.</DL> <A NAME="triplenerved"> triple-nerved, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) of a leaf in which two principal nerves emerge from the middle one a little above its base. </DL> <A NAME="tripleplay"> triple play,<DL COMPACT><DD> a play in baseball that puts three base runners out. </DL> <A NAME="triplepoint"> triple point,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) the point at which the three phases (gas, liquid, and solid) of a substance exist in equilibrium. </DL> <A NAME="triplesec"> Triple Sec or triple sec, =Cointreau.</DL> <A NAME="triplespace"> triple-space, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -spaced, -spacing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to leave two blank spaces between every line in typing. </DL> <A NAME="triplet"> triplet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. one of three children born at the same time from the same mother. <DD> 2. a group of three; trio. <DD> 3. (Music.) a group of three notes of equal value to be performed in the time of two. <DD> 4. three successive lines of poetry, usually rhyming and equal in length. <DD> 5. (Genetics.) any combination of three bases in the genetic code; codon. Ex. nonsense triplets. <DD> 6. (Nuclear Physics.) a group of three elementary particles with similar characteristics. expr. triplets, <DD> a. three children at a birth. Ex. Triplets may result from the formation of a pair of twins and the simultaneous development of an additional egg (Sidonie M. Gruenberg). <DD> b. three of a kind in certain card games. </DL> <A NAME="tripletail"> tripletail, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large food fish of warm seas, having long dorsal and anal fins which extend backward, appearing to be lobes of the tail. </DL> <A NAME="triplethreat"> triple threat,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a football player who can pass, kick, and run with the ball adeptly. <DD> 2. a person who has three skills or fields of competence. adj. triple-threat, </DL> <A NAME="tripletime"> triple time,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD> 1. time in which each measure contains three beats, with the first beat accented. <DD> 2. the rhythm of this. Also, triple measure. </DL> <A NAME="tripletree"> triple tree,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) the gallows (with allusion to the two posts and crossbeam comprising it). </DL> <A NAME="triplets"> triplets, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under triplet. </DL> <A NAME="triplewitchinghour"> triple witching hour,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Finance.) the final hour of trading on the stock market on four specified Fridays of the year when contracts on stock options, futures, and options on futures expire simultaneously. </DL> <A NAME="triplex"> triplex, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. triple; threefold. <DD> 2. having three floors or three apartments. Ex. a triplex building. <DD>noun 1. something triple or threefold. <DD> 2. (Music.) triple time or measure. <DD> 3. (U.S.) a triplex house or building. Ex. a Park Avenue triplex. </DL> <A NAME="triplicate"> triplicate, adjective, noun, verb, -cated, -cating.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. triple; threefold. <DD>noun one of three things exactly alike, especially one of three copies of a document. <DD>v.t. 1. to multiply by three; make threefold; triple. <DD> 2. (Linguistics.) to form (a word) by triple repetition of an element. expr. in triplicate, in three copies exactly alike. Ex. The constitutions were written in triplicate (Walter Hook). </DL> <A NAME="triplication"> triplication, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of triplicating. <DD> 2. the fact of being triplicated. <DD> 3. something triplicated. <DD> 4. (Linguistics.) <DD> a. the formation of a word by triple repetition of an element. <DD> b. a word thus formed. </DL> <A NAME="triplicity"> triplicity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the quality or condition of being triple; threefold character or existence. <DD> 2. a triad; trio. <DD> 3. (in astrology) a combination of three of the twelve signs of the zodiac, each sign being distant 120 degrees from the other two; trigon. </DL> <A NAME="triplite"> triplite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a phosphate of iron and manganese containing fluorine, of a brown or blackish color. </DL> <A NAME="triploblastic"> triploblastic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having three germ layers, the ectoderm, the endoderm, and the mesoderm, as the embryos of vertebrates do. </DL> <A NAME="triploid"> triploid, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) <DD>adj. having three times the number of chromosomes characteristic of germ cells of the species. <DD>noun a triploid organism. </DL> <A NAME="triploidy"> triploidy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the state of having three times the number of chromosomes characteristic of germ cells of the species. </DL> <A NAME="triply"> triply, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a triple manner; three times. (SYN) trebly, thrice. </DL> <A NAME="tripod"> tripod, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a three-legged support or stand for a camera, telescope, transit, or other instrument. <DD> 2. a stool, table, or other article having three legs. <DD> 3. in ancient Greece and Rome: <DD> a. a three-legged pot or cauldron. <DD> b. an ornamental vessel on the pattern of this, often presented as a prize, or as a votive offering. </DL> <A NAME="tripodal"> tripodal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> three-footed; three-legged. </DL> <A NAME="tripodic"> tripodic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> designating a method of walking in which two legs on one side and one on the other move together, used by certain insects. </DL> <A NAME="tripody"> tripody, noun, pl. -dies.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Prosody.) a group or verse of three feet. </DL> <A NAME="tripolar"> tripolar, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having three poles. </DL> <A NAME="tripoli"> tripoli, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several light, soft earths or rocks, especially infusorial earth and rottenstone, used in polishing, etc. </DL> <A NAME="tripolitan"> Tripolitan, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with Tripoli, a region in northern Africa, now included in Libya, or its people. <DD>noun a native or inhabitant of Tripoli. </DL> <A NAME="tripolitanian"> Tripolitanian, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a native or inhabitant of Tripolitania, a former province of Libya. <DD>adj. of or having to do with Tripolitania or the Tripolitanians. </DL> <A NAME="tripolite"> tripolite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> tripoli that is made up of the fossil remains of diatoms. </DL> <A NAME="tripos"> tripos, noun, pl. -poses.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (at Cambridge University) a final honors examination, especially in mathematics. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) tripod. </DL> <A NAME="tripper"> tripper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that trips. <DD> 2. a device or mechanism that releases a catch in a machine, a railroad signal, or other mechanism. <DD> 3. (Especially British.) a person who takes a trip; tourist. Ex. Fares will probably be a lot cheaper, perhaps cheap enough to tempt the week-end tripper (Sunday Times). (SYN) excursionist. </DL> <A NAME="trippery"> trippery, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) like a tripper or trippers; touristy. Ex. Venice in its most trippery and least attractive garb ... (London Daily Express). </DL> <A NAME="trippet"> trippet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cam, projection, or other device intended to strike some object at regularly recurrent intervals. </DL> <A NAME="tripping"> tripping, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. light and quick; light-footed; nimble. <DD>noun 1. the act of a person or thing that trips. <DD> 2. a light dance. adv. trippingly. </DL> <A NAME="trippingline"> tripping line,<DL COMPACT><DD> a line or cable used to trip (free from the bottom) an anchor. </DL> <A NAME="triptane"> triptane, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a liquid motor fuel noted for its antiknock qualities, used chiefly in aviation gasolines. </DL> <A NAME="tripterous"> tripterous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having three wings or winglike expansions. </DL> <A NAME="triptolemus"> Triptolemus or Triptolemos, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a favorite of Demeter, who revealed the secrets of agriculture to man. </DL> <A NAME="triptych"> triptych, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a set of three panels side by side, having pictures, carvings, or the like on them. The side panels are usually subordinate, and are hinged to fold over the central panel. Triptychs are commonly used as altarpieces. <DD> 2. a hinged, three-leaved writing tablet, used in ancient Greece and Rome. </DL> <A NAME="triptyque"> triptyque, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an international pass through customs for temporarily importing an automobile, as for touring. </DL> <A NAME="tripwire"> trip wire,<DL COMPACT><DD> a wire which, when pulled releases a catch and starts a process, such as the explosion of a mine or the sounding of an alarm. </DL> <A NAME="triquetral"> triquetral, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the triquetrum. </DL> <A NAME="triquetrous"> triquetrous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> three-sided; triangular. </DL> <A NAME="triquetrum"> triquetrum, noun, pl. -tra.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bone of the human carpus (wrist) in the proximal row of carpal bones; the cuneiform or pyramidal. </DL> <A NAME="triradiate"> triradiate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or consisting of the rays; radiating in three directions from a central point. adv. triradiately. </DL> <A HREF="triradiu.dic">NEXT</A>