triplication

Variant of triplicate

triplicate definition

trip·li·cate (trip′li kit; for v., -kāt′)

adjective

  1. threefold
  2. designating the third of identical copies

Etymology: ME < L triplicatus, pp. of triplicare, to treble < triplex: see triplex

noun

any of three identical copies or things

transitive verb triplicated -·cat′ed, triplicating -·cat′·ing

to make three identical copies of

Related Forms:

triplicate Idioms

in triplicate

in three identical copies

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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