单词 | triplex |
释义 | triplexadj.n. 1. a. Triple, threefold. Also absol. as n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective] thrilec725 threefoldc1000 treblec1374 trinec1386 thrinfalda1400 tripartitec1420 triparted1429 ternaryc1430 trinary1474 triplicate?a1475 trivial?a1475 triplage1526 threefolded1528 triple1552 treblefold1561 trifold1578 trinal1590 tripart1592 ternal1599 triplexa1616 tergeminous1656 ternarious1656 triplasian1678 triplet1697 ternarian1732 triangular1812 Trinitarian1812 triplasic1864 three-body1936 triplexed1974 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 34 The triplex..is a good tripping measure, or the belles of S. Bennet,..may put you in minde, one, two, three. View more context for this quotation 1654 D. Cawdrey (title) Diatribe Triplex: or A threefold Exercitation Concerning 1. Superstition. 2. Will-worship. 3. Christmas Festivall.] 1655 H. Hammond (title) An account of Mr. Cawdry's triplex diatribe. 1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. iv. 102 So that now there is like to be a trouble in Triplex. 1911 W. Temple Nat. Personality viii. 112 We are not so compelled to speak of three centres of consciousness in the Deity; rather we should speak of a triplex consciousness. b. triplex board n. a type of cardboard consisting of three layers felted together by pressure without the use of adhesive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > cardboard > types of index board1850 carton1891 third1891 poster board1899 tagboard1912 triplex board1921 ivory board1926 1921 H. A. Maddox Dict. Stationery 78 Triplex board, a cheap class of pasteboard or ticket board which derives its name from the fact that it comprises three layers. 1962 F. T. Day Introd. to Paper iv. 46 In the case of Triplex boards one grade of pulp is used for the middle while the two outside sheets are made of a thinner substance to make up the finished board. 2. Genetics. Of a polyploid individual: having the dominant allele of any particular gene represented three times. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [adjective] > chromosome > ploidy haploid1906 amphikaryotic1909 polyenergid1911 polyploid1911 triploid1911 tetraploid1914 hexaploid1920 octoploid1921 pentaploid1921 triplex1921 orthoploid1923 aneuploid1924 heteroploid1926 allopolyploid1927 monoploid1928 haplontic1929 hyperdiploid1929 amphidiploid1930 hyperploid1930 hypoploid1930 polysomic1930 mixoploid1931 allotetraploid1932 autopolyploid1934 autotetraploid1935 autoploid1937 polysomatic1937 monosomatic1939 polyploidizing1941 polyploidogenic1944 amphiploid1945 merodiploid1961 pseudodiploid1963 1921 Amer. Naturalist 55 257 A Poinsettia plant may, to speak in terms of the dominant factor, be considered nulliplex with no dominant genes, or simplex, duplex or triplex with, respectively, 1, 2, or 3 dominant factors (i.e., usu., homozygous for the recessive allele). 1929 Jrnl. Genetics 21 138 If we assume 14/16 to be triplex for Y the unexpected ivory plant could then have arisen by (1) non~disjunction.., or (2) irregularity of disjunction in the equational division. 3. (Usually with capital initial.) The proprietary name of a type of toughened or laminated glass, originally spec. consisting of two layers of glass and a layer of celluloid between them. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > toughened glass wire glass1894 armour glass1907 safety glass1912 armour plate1914 triplex1923 1923 Trade Marks Jrnl. 28 Nov. 2495 Triplex. Use claimed from 2nd August 1912... Safety Glass in sheets. The Triplex Safety Glass Co. Ltd. 1927 M. Arlen Young Men in Love ii. 128 ‘I live in such a glass house, Peter!’ ‘Well, so does everyone else.’ ‘Oh, no, other people's are made of Triplex!’ 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 27 Dec. (Home & Classroom Suppl.) p. i/3 The car was fully equipped with three speeds,..Triplex glass screen, windscreen wiper,..side curtains, and hood bag. 1935 L. MacNeice Poems 40 Chromium dogs on the bonnet, faces behind the triplex screens. 1970 P. Dickinson Seals i. 26 Even through that grimy and half-opaque triplex, the harbour had seemed awkwardly placed. 4. a. An apartment or other residence on three floors. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment mansion?c1400 tenement1593 apartmenta1645 basement storey1743 flat1824 house1885 basement flat1894 apt.1901 home unit1929 triplex1932 housing unit1935 1932 E. Ferber in Cosmopolitan Mar. 18/1 Photographs in the magazines showed her glamorous apartment—triplex, with balcony overhanging the East River. 1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 91 (advt.) 40′ converted mansion, elevator, magnificent owner's triplex plus high income apartments. 1981 Times 3 Aug. 10/5 A 21-room ‘triplex’ (ie, on three floors) going for ‘only’ $9 million. b. A building containing three self-contained residences or suites of rooms; also, one of the dwellings in such a building. Cf. duplex n. 1. Chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific internal arrangement > [noun] pseudodipter1692 pseudodipteron1706 catacomb1884 warren1922 three-decker1942 shotgun1945 triplex1962 bi-level1965 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment > type of studio flat1882 studio apartment1884 mansard1886 penthouse1892 single end1897 walk-up1907 railroad flat1908 simplex1912 service flat1913 studio1918 kitchenette1920 duplex1922 garden flat1922 flatlet1925 show flat1929 quadruplex1939 council flat1941 garden apartment1942 walk-back1945 multilevel1959 tower apartment1961 condominium1962 triplex1962 condo1984 1962 Maclean's 10 Mar. 37/1 They wanted to build three triplexes. ‘Definitely not,’ Reeve Fred Hall told Norman. 1971 ‘A. Blaisdell’ Pract. to Deceive i. 2 She lived in one unit of a triplex. 1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 27 Mar. (Home Owner) 7/2 City dwellers are gravitating towards high density living (flat complexes..duplex and triplex..and so on). 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 30 June 7- d/1 (advt.) Accelerated depreciation is still available on this new brick tri-plex. This unit features a fantastic view. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. b 1/6 She observes construction workers working on a triplex where her display company's warehouses once stood. Derivatives triˈplexity n. = triplicity n. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). triplexv. transitive. To provide in triplicate, usually as a means of ensuring reliability. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > make threefold [verb (transitive)] trine1834 triplex1971 1971 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 1/8 The advanced landing equipment fitted in the Trident 3s is ‘triplexed’. This means that the same component in each of three different systems must fail before the landing system becomes inoperative. 1974 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 6/5 The equipment carried in the plane [must] be ‘triplexed’ (given three separate circuits with devices to cut out technical failures without affecting performance). 1982 Computerworld 24 May 30/4 The electrical supply comes from two separate substations. We have an uninterruptable power supply that is triplexed. Derivatives ˈtriplexed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective] thrilec725 threefoldc1000 treblec1374 trinec1386 thrinfalda1400 tripartitec1420 triparted1429 ternaryc1430 trinary1474 triplicate?a1475 trivial?a1475 triplage1526 threefolded1528 triple1552 treblefold1561 trifold1578 trinal1590 tripart1592 ternal1599 triplexa1616 tergeminous1656 ternarious1656 triplasian1678 triplet1697 ternarian1732 triangular1812 Trinitarian1812 triplasic1864 three-body1936 triplexed1974 1974 Hitachi Rev. 24 24/1 The authors conducted experiments on an aluminium conductor triplexed type cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) power cable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmastriple-X triple-X adj. (also triple-x) originally U.S. designating a film (or, in extended use, a publication, website, etc.) of an extremely sexually explicit nature; hardcore, pornographic; (also) of or relating to material of this kind; = XXX adj.Often in triple-X-rated adj. (cf. X-rated at X n. 8). See note at XXX adj. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > pornographic pornographic1852 pornographical1889 pornograph1893 pornographico-devotional1939 perv1942 porno1952 porny1956 jack-off1967 triple-X1969 XXX1969 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [adjective] > other types costumed1851 foreign language1904 first run1910 Keystone1912 photodramatic1914 serial1915 coming of age1919 edge-of-your-seat1922 psychodramatic1927 omnibus1928 straight1936 low-budget1937 no-budget1937 screwball1937 Ealing1939 blockbusting1943 private eye1946 film noir1952 white telephone1952 portmanteau1953 uncut1953 anthology1955 three-D1955 Hammer1958 noir1958 co-production1959 kitchen sink1959 kidult1960 docudrama1961 cinéma vérité1963 maudit1963 filmi1965 indie1968 triple-X1969 XXX1969 drama-documentary1970 cheapie1973 gross-out1973 high concept1973 chopsocky1974 hard R1974 buddy movie1975 sci-fi1977 mondo1979 hack-and-slash1981 microbudget1981 hack-and-slay1982 slice-and-dice1982 fly on the wall1983 psychotronic1983 noirish1985 Mad Max1986 stoner1987 bonkbusting1993 straight to DVD1997 1969 Congress. Rec. 115 10815/2 Will you be left with ‘triple X’ films and have the cinema labeled ‘censored to the community’? 1977 Fort Madison (Iowa) Democrat 14 Feb. 10/3 She asked for changes in the law to ban triple-x theaters and pornographic book shops. 1999 N.Y. Times 24 Dec. b2/4 [He] all but gets the vapors when speaking of his clients' triple-X-rated magazines and videos. 2007 Daily Star (Nexis) 2 Nov. lw68 Here he was in our bed, rutting away like a triple-X porn star. < adj.n.a1616v.1971 as lemmas |
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