Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble":

Sports

Triple (baseball) In baseball, a triple is the act of a Batter (baseball), batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error (baseball statistics), error) nor another baserunner, runner being put ...

, a three-base hit * A basketball

three-point field goal A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer, three, or triple) is a field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two ...

* A figure skating jump with three rotations * In bowling terms, three strikes in a row * In cycling, a

crankset The crankset (in the US) or chainset (in the UK) is the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion used to drive the chain or belt, which in turn drives the rear wheel ...

with three chainrings

Places

* Triple Islands, an uninhabited island group in Nunavut, Canada * Triple Island, British Columbia, Canada *

Triple Falls (disambiguation) Triple Falls may refer to: * Uvas Canyon County Park, Triple Falls (California) — a 35 ft. waterfall located at Uvas Canyon County Park * Triple Falls (DuPont State Forest), Triple Falls (North Carolina) — a 125 ft. waterfall l ...

, four waterfalls in the United States & Canada * Triple Glaciers, in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming * Triple Crossing, Richmond, Virginia, believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross * Triple Bridge, a stone arch bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Transportation

* Kawasaki triple, a Japanese motorcycle produced between 1969 and 1980 *

Triumph Triple The Triumph Triples are a family of modern DOHC straight-3, inline three-cylinder motorcycle engines made from 1990 onwards by the Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, Triumph Motorcycle Company at their Hinckley, Leicestershire factory. The inspiration f ...

, a motorcycle engine from Triumph Motorcycles Ltd * A

straight-three engine A straight-three engine (also called an inline-triple or inline-three) is a three-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. Less common than straight-four engine, straight-three engines have nonethel ...

* A

semi-truck A semi-trailer truck (also known by a wide variety of other terms – see below) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. A semi-trailer attaches to the tractor with a type of hitch called a ...

with three trailers

Science and technology

Triple (mathematics) In mathematics, a tuple is a finite sequence or ''ordered list'' of numbers or, more generally, mathematical objects, which are called the ''elements'' of the tuple. An -tuple is a tuple of elements, where is a non-negative integer. There is on ...

(3-tuple), a list or sequence with three elements *

Triple (category theory) In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a monad is a triple (T, \eta, \mu) consisting of a functor ''T'' from a category to itself and two natural transformations \eta, \mu that satisfy the conditions like associativity. For example, if F, ...

, a construction in algebraic topology, now usually called a monad *

Semantic triple A semantic triple, or RDF triple or simply triple, is the atomic data entity in the Resource Description Framework (RDF) data model. As its name indicates, a triple is a sequence of three entities that codifies a statement about semantic data in ...

, the atomic data entity in the Resource Description Framework (RDF)

Religion

Triple deity A triple deity is a deity with three apparent forms that function as a singular whole. Such deities may sometimes be referred to as threefold, tripled, triplicate, tripartite, triune, triadic, or as a trinity. The number three has a long history ...

, a deity who appears in three forms ** Triple goddess (Neopaganism), a divine female figure revered in Neopagan traditions

Other uses

* ''Triple'' (novel), by Ken Follett * ''Triples'' (web series), a 2020 Indian web series *

Triples (cereal) Triples was an American breakfast cereal produced by General Mills in the 1990s that was similar to Rice Krispies. The name was derived from the three grains — corn, wheat and rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domes ...

, a breakfast cereal made by General Mills in the 1990s * A method of

change ringing Change ringing is the art of ringing a set of tuning (music), tuned bell (instrument), bells in a tightly controlled manner to produce precise variations in their successive striking sequences, known as "changes". This can be by method ringing in ...

of bells *

TripleS (group) TripleS (; ; stylized as tripleS) is a South Korean 24-member multinational girl group formed by Modhaus. They aim to be the world's first decentralized idol group, where the members will rotate between the full group, sub-units, and solo activ ...