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🔁 Repeating three times 📄 Making three copies 3️⃣ Making threefold
triplication

triplication

7.2
Increasing something to three times its original amount
  • noun
  • /ˌtrɪp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
translation icon : triplicación
  • We observed a triplication in sales this quarter.

Examples

  • A triplication of the population would put severe pressure on housing and transport.

  • Scientists observed a triplication of the gene in certain rare conditions.

  • The triplication of data files ensures that important information is not lost.

  • The triplication of the data improved accuracy.

  • The triplication of funds allowed the charity to expand its outreach efforts significantly.

  • This year, we saw a triplication of orders, leading to our best sales figures ever.

  • The triplication of the research samples helped confirm the initial findings.

Synonyms

tripling
vstriplication
2 3.9

An increase that makes an amount three times larger

has identical meaning but uses different wording

How Many

quadrupling
1 5.6
triplication
7.2
doubling
1 3.2

Surface Forms

triplication singular
triplications plural

Morphology

triplication = triplicate (transparent) = tri + plic + ation

The sense 'increase to three times' is a straightforward extension of 'triplicate' (threefold) nominalized by '-ation', so the morphology directly signals 'threefold increase'.

Etymology

Triplication comes from the parts tri- 'three' and plicare 'to fold', the same root behind the word triple. So triplication means increasing something to three times its original amount or number.