Wikipedia / Triple
Wikipedia / Triple
Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a "treble":
Sports
Triple (baseball), a three-base hit
A basketball three-point field goal
A figure skating jump with three rotations
In bowling terms, three strikes in a row
In cycling, a crankset with three chainrings
Places
Triple Islands, an uninhabited island group in Nunavut, Canada
Triple Island, British Columbia, Canada
Triple Falls (disambiguation), four waterfalls in the United States & Canada
Triple Glaciers, in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Triple Crossing, Richmond, Virginia, believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross
Triple Bridge, a stone arch bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Transportation
Kawasaki triple, a Japanese motorcycle produced between 1969 and 1980
Triumph Triple, a motorcycle engine from Triumph Motorcycles Ltd
A semi-truck with three trailers
Science and technology
Triple (mathematics) (3-tuple), a list or sequence with three elements
Triple (category theory), a construction in algebraic topology, now usually called a monad
Semantic triple, the atomic data entity in the Resource Description Framework (RDF)
Religion
Triple deity, a deity who appears in three forms
Triple goddess (Neopaganism), a divine female figure revered in Neopagan traditions
Other uses
Triple (novel), by Ken Follett
Triples (web series), a 2020 Indian web series
Triples (cereal), a breakfast cereal made by General Mills in the 1990s
A method of change ringing of bells
TripleS (group), South Korean girl group
See also
Triple point, in thermodynamics, the temperature and pressure at which three states of matter can co-exist
Triple jump, a track and field event
Triple metre, a musical metre characterized by a primary division of three beats to the bar
Triple H, American professional wrestler
Tripel, a style of beer