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triplex¹

Where it comes from

From Latin triplex. Analyzable as tri- + -plex.

adjective

  1. not comparable Having three floors.
  2. not comparable Having three units, divisions, suites, apartments.

noun triplexes

  1. countable, uncountable A building with three apartments or divisions.

    Similar: threeplex

  2. countable, uncountable A dwelling unit with three floors. There were influential and corruptible people like his friend, Max, onetime singer for the Pink Buttons, now a wind-power potentate who owned a SoHo triplex and threw a caviar-strewn Christmas party each year […]
  3. countable, uncountable A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
  4. uncountable Triple time.
  5. countable, uncountable Anything with three parts. In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].

verb triplexes · triplexing · triplexed

  1. transitive To make triplex.

Triplex²

Where it comes from

Brand name, presumably tri- + -plex.

proper noun

  1. UK a safety glass for car windows, consisting of three layers (glass and mica).

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"triplex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/triplex. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

triplex. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/triplex

Chicago

"triplex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/triplex.

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@misc{triplex_2026,
  title = {triplex},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/triplex},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}