Defn: Thrice pinnately cleft; — said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid.
TRIPITAKA
Tri*pit"a*ka, n. [Skr. tripitsaka.]
Defn: The three divisions, or "baskets" (pitakas), of buddhist
scriptures, — the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapitsaka] , or Basket of
Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and
Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.
TRIPLASIAN
Tri*pla"sian, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Three-fold; triple; treble. [Obs.] Cudworth.
TRIPLE Tri"ple, a. Etym: [L. triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See Double, and cf. Treble.]
1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.
2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
3. One of three; third. [Obs.] Shak. Triple crown, the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See Tiara, 2. — Triple-expansion steam engine, a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively. — Triple measure (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented. — Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3. — Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt. — Triple star (Astron.), a system of three stars in close proximity. — Triple time (Mus.), that time in which each measure is divided into three equal parts. — Triple valve, in an automatic air brake for railroad cars, the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading from the locomotive.
TRIPLE
Tri"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tripling.]
Etym: [Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, a.]