Is “triple” the proper equivalent of “pair” when describing a group of three items?
I’m writing a tech doc and this question bothers me, though I know it should be simple. Can somebody explain why it bothers me?
My son uses “A pair of “, but when I have something like “A ____ of “, I’m not sure if the proper word is triple or something else.
Can triple be used as an adjective, not a noun.? Is there a better word?
Why some people don’t know that it’s really that important to do research.
A couple of related words are threesome and triad, both of which mean a group of three. In general, threesome is used for people and triad, for inanimate objects.
triplet :
A set of three similar things.
- Where should I get a triplet or quad of Aces? ‘
- ‘It constitutes a triplet, the first number representing the position, the second and third the transmission. ‘
- ‘DNA, RNA, and protein triplets or pairs were united on the basis of a high degree of similarity as detected by the appropriate blast algorithm or on the basis of annotation. ‘,
(Oxford Dictionaries)
For some reason, nobody posted this as an answer yet even though Theta30 mentioned it in 2011 in a comment.
Triple is also used as noun, but its meaning is different from the meaning of adjective. Among the meanings of triple as noun are: a thing that is three times as
- large as usual or is made up of three standard units or items (triples); a sporting contest in which each
- side have three players another term for trifecta (AoE); triple as
- noun: a thing consisting
of three parts; a set of three items. He
pressed with . He asked an opponent to bring up triple keys to find them.” What he did, *a triple key, a triple key, a triple key. *Really, …really]. —Joyce
Lattery Jr. —Jack Jellell
a tripling technique is
two or more ideas to the sentence like: the multimedia dictionary is idea for students, teachers and writers.
What is your opinion on WIC for public speaking?
a tripling technique is
two or more ideas to the sentence like: the multimedia dictionary is idea for students, teachers and writers.
What is your opinion on WIC for public speaking?
Triple is also used as noun, but its meaning is different from the meaning of adjective. Among the meanings of triple as noun are: a thing that is three times as
- large as usual or is made up of three standard units or items (triples); a sporting contest in which each
- side have three players another term for trifecta (AoE); triple as
- noun: a thing consisting
of three parts; a set of three items. He
pressed with . He asked an opponent to bring up triple keys to find them.” What he did, *a triple key, a triple key, a triple key. *Really, …really]. —Joyce
Lattery Jr. —Jack Jellell
A couple of related words are threesome and triad, both of which mean a group of three. In general, threesome is used for people and triad, for inanimate objects.
If you were not writing in a technical context, an option is the noun, trio :
a group of three people or things
A trio of English runners featured in the women’s 1500 metres.
The concept of triple of triple can be described as the simplest and correct. Can you use triple as a noun, as the Merriam Webster dictionary indicates. What are some examples of triples as nouns in Wiktionary: A sequence of three
elements or 3-tuple.
For your case, I would recommend triple because trio sounds more hoot-toity than triple.. Just the pun, Triple says its going to push a button. Are there Pythagorean triples?
