triplicate
noun /ˈtrɪplɪkət/
/ˈtrɪplɪkət/
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin triplicat- ‘made three’, from the verb triplicare, from triplex, triplic- ‘threefold’, from tri- ‘three’ + plicare ‘to fold’.
Idioms Idioms
in triplicate
- done three times
- Each sample was tested in triplicate.
- (of a document) copied twice, so that there are three copies in total
- Fill out the forms in triplicate.