Threefold

adj, adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Three times as great. not-comparable

    ""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."

  2. 2
    Triple. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities wordnet
  2. 2
    three times as great or many wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    By a factor of three. not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    by a factor of three wordnet
Noun
  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make threefold; to triple. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

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

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