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Webster 1913 Edition

Threefold

Three′foldˊ

,
Adj.
[OE.
þreofald
; cf. AS.
þrīfeald
.]
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple;
as,
threefold
justice
.
A
threefold
cord is not quickly broken.
Eccl. iv. 12.

Webster 1828 Edition

Threefold

THREE'FOLD

,
Adj.
[three and fold.] Three-double; consisting of three; or thrice repeated, as threefold justice.
A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccles.4.

Definition 2024

threefold

threefold

English

Adjective

threefold ‎(not comparable)

  1. three times as great
  2. triple

Translations

Adverb

threefold ‎(not comparable)

  1. by a factor of three

Translations

Noun

threefold ‎(plural threefolds)

A threefold, the twisted cubic.
  1. (mathematics) An algebraic variety of degree 3.
    • 2015, Xun Yu, “McKay correspondence and new Calabi-Yau threefolds”, in (Please provide the title of the work):
      In this way, we find some new pairs $(h^{1,1},\;h^{2,1})$ of Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds.

Alternative forms

  • three-fold
  • 3-fold

Etymology

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three +‎ -fold

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