triplex

/'tripleks/

Thân thiện

A family lives in a triplex apartment building.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Consisting of three parts or layers: Describes something that is threefold in structure or composition.
   • Triple: Having three units, components, or elements.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The house had triplex windows for better insulation.
  • The triplex apartment occupied three floors of the building.
  • The safety glass was triplex, comprising three bonded layers.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Architectural Context: Often used to describe structures, materials, or systems with a three-part design.
  • The engineer specified a triplex cable for the high-voltage application.
• Legal/Property Context: Can describe a building divided into three separate residential units.
  • They converted the old townhouse into a triplex.

Variants and Related Words

• Triplicate (noun/verb): A set of three identical copies; to make three copies.
  • Please prepare the document in triplicate.
• Triple (adjective/verb): Consisting of three parts; to become three times as great.
  • She hit a triple in the baseball game.
• Ternary (adjective): Composed of three parts. (More common in technical fields like computing or chemistry).
  • A ternary compound.

Synonyms

• Threefold
• Triple
• Three-ply
• Trinal

Related Phrases

• Triplex system: A system comprising three interconnected parts.
  • The building's triplex system included fire, security, and climate control.
• Triplex glass: Safety glass made of three layers.
  • All modern cars use triplex glass for windshields.

Notes on Meaning

• The primary meaning relates to the number three in composition. It is more specific than "triple," often implying a designed or manufactured three-part structure rather than a simple multiplication.
• In music, "triple" time (e.g., triple time has three beats per measure) is a related concept, but "triplex" is not the standard term for this; "triple" is used.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having three units or components or elements
   • a ternary operation
   • a treble row of red beads
   • overcrowding made triple sessions necessary
   • triple time has three beats per measure
   • triplex windows

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ternary
• treble
• triple