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In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply. Swift.

The quantity or number which fills a tree.

A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b - c2.

A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.

rice as much; threefold; tripled. Triplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of the cubes of two quantities; thus, the triplicate ratio of a to b is a3: b3.

A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as for testing.

The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.

A great quantity or heap. Weale.

to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.

is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.

Net quantity of produce yielded.

Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.

Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.

ogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, an…

A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively. Green ultramarine, a green pigment obtained as a first product…

To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.

Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.

to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of two dependent quantities with regard to each other.

Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.

Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.