threefold
adverb
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L201235 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- having three parts or members
- having increased to three times as many
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.
- Three times as great.
“"We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation," it stated. There's clearly a growing momentum in that direction, but some significant hurdles have still to be overcome - not least the legacy of the three-fold increase in cost on the Great Western Electrification Programme, which has become the poster project for expensive wiring.”
- Triple.
adv
Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.
- By a factor of three.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.
- An algebraic variety of dimension 3.
“In this way, we find some new pairs (h#123;1,1#125;,#92;#59;h#123;2,1#125;) of Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.
- To make threefold; to triple.