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threefold en · ADJ

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Etymology

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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. 2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 33:
2. (not-comparable) Triple.

Forms

Antonyms

trisect

Deriveds

threefoldness · threefoldly · thick and threefold · threefold law

Hypernyms

manifold

Synonyms

triplicate · trine · threefold · ternary (triple) · thrissome (three times as great) · triple

Translations (42)

it triplo (three times as great) · fr triple (triple) · hu háromrétű (triple) · ru троекра́тный (three times as great) · ru тройно́й (triple) · pdt dreefach (triple) · la triplex (triple) · mk трократен (three times as great) · hu háromszor annyi/akkora (three times as great) · mr तिप्पट (triple) · fi kolminkertainen (three times as great) · mr तिप्पट (three times as great) · pl trojaki (triple) · enm threfold (triple) · it triplo (triple) · mr तिनपट (triple) · mi tōtoru (triple) · fr trois fois plus grand (three times as great) · sv trefaldig (triple) · fo trífalt (three times as great) · pl potrójny (triple) · hi तिगुना (three times as great) · enm threfold (three times as great) · la triplus (triple) · bg троен (triple) · es triple (triple) · pl troisty (triple) · cs trojnásobný (three times as great) · el τριπλός (triple) · mi tōtoru (three times as great) · hu hármas (triple) · mr तिनपट (three times as great) · bg трикратен (three times as great) · hu háromrészes (triple) · fi kolminkertainen (triple) · te మూడింతలు (three times as great) · pl trzykrotny (three times as great) · hi तिगना (three times as great) · pdt dreefach (three times as great) · hu háromszoros (three times as great) · ka სამმაგი (three times as great) · he מְשֻׁלָּשׁ (three times as great)

threefold en · ADV

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Etymology

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) By a factor of three.

Forms

Synonyms

trebly · thrice

Translations (13)

mi tōtoru (by a factor of three) · pl trzykrotnie (by a factor of three) · es por triplicado (by a factor of three) · hu háromszorosan (by a factor of three) · fi kolminkertaisesti (by a factor of three) · it tripletta (by a factor of three) · hu háromszorosára (by a factor of three) · cs trojnásobně (by a factor of three) · enm threfold (by a factor of three) · ru троекра́тно (by a factor of three) · ru три́жды (by a factor of three) · fr triplement (by a factor of three) · de dreifach (by a factor of three)

threefold en · NOUN

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Etymology

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.

Meanings

1. 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. 2015, Xun Yu, “McKay correspondence and new Calabi-Yau threefolds”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

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threefold en · VERB

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Etymology

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make threefold; to triple.

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