3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: *

AD 3 __NOTOC__ AD 3 (III) or 3 AD was a common year starting on Monday or Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Monday o ...

, the third year of the AD era *

3 BC __NOTOC__ Year 3 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Tuesday of the ...

, the third year before the AD era *

March March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March ...

, the third month

Books

* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 novel by Maksim Gorky * ''Three'', a 1946 novel by

William Sansom William Norman Trevor Sansom FRSL (18 January 1912 – 20 April 1976) was a British novelist, travel and short story writer known for his highly descriptive prose style. Profile Sansom was born in London, the third son of Ernest Brooks Sans ...

* ''Three'', a 1970 novel by

Sylvia Ashton-Warner Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner (17 December 1908 – 28 April 1984) was a New Zealand novelist, non-fiction writer, poet, pianist and world figure in the teaching of children. Her ideas for a child-based or organic approach to the teaching of ...

* ''Three'' (novel), a 2003 suspense novel by Ted Dekker * ''Three'' (comics), a graphic novel by Kieron Gillen. * ''3'', a 2004 novel by

Julie Hilden Julie Cope Hilden (April 19, 1968 - March 17, 2018) was an American novelist and lawyer. Biography Hilden grew up in Hawaii and New Jersey. She graduated with a B.A. in philosophy from Harvard College, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an M. ...

* ''Three'', a collection of three plays by

Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist sympathies and political activism. She was blacklisted aft ...

* ''Three By Flannery O'Connor'', collection

Flannery O'Connor bibliography The bibliography of Flannery O'Connor includes two novels, more than thirty short stories, and several collections. Novels * ''Wise Blood'' (1952) * '' The Violent Bear It Away'' (1960) Collections * '' A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Storie ...

Brands

3 (telecommunications) 3 or Three is a global brand name owned by Hutchison 3G Enterprises S.A.R.L., under which several UMTS-based mobile phone networks and broadband internet providers operate in Hong Kong, Macau, Austria, Denmark, Indonesia, Ireland, Swed ...

, a global telecommunications brand **

3Arena The 3Arena (originally The O2) is an indoor amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the Dublin Docklands in Dublin, Ireland. The venue opened as The O2 on 16 December 2008. It was built on the site of the former Point Theatre, a smaller musi ...

, indoor amphitheatre in Ireland operating with the "3" brand ** 3 Hong Kong, telecommunications company operating in Hong Kong **

Three Australia TPG Telecom Limited, formerly Vodafone Hutchison Australia and renamed following the merger with TPG, is an Australian telecommunications company. It is the second largest telecommunications company listed on the Australian Securities Exchang ...

, Australian telecommunications company **

Three Ireland Three Ireland, officially Three Ireland (Hutchison) Limited (formerly Hutchison 3G Ireland Ltd), is a telecommunications and internet service provider operating in Ireland as a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, operating under the global Three ...

, Irish telecommunications company **

Three UK Hutchison 3G UK Ltd is a British telecommunications and internet service provider currently based in Reading, England. It is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, operating under the global Three brand. Three is the fourth-largest mobile n ...

, British telecommunications and internet service provider **

Wind Tre Wind Tre S.p.A. (formerly H3G S.p.A.) is an Italian telecommunications company of the CK Hutchison Holdings Limited group, which offers mobile and fixed telephony services. It began as a mobile telephone operator in 1999, with the name ''A ...

, Italian telecommunications company

Film

* ''Three'' (1965 film), a Yugoslavian film by Aleksandar Petrović * ''Three'' (1969 film), starring Charlotte Rampling and Sam Waterston * ''Three'' (2002 film), an Asian horror movie collaboration * '' 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story'', a 2004 television movie * ''

Survival Island ''Survival Island'', also known as ''Three'', is a 2005 erotic thriller survival film written and directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, and Juan Pablo Di Pace. Plot Jack and Jennifer are a wealthy couple who are ...

'' or ''Three'', a 2005 film starring Billy Zane and Kelly Brook * ''Three'' (2006 film), based on the novel with the same name * ''Three'' (2008 film), a Telugu film * ''

Three – Love, Lies and Betrayal ''Three – Love, Lies and Betrayal'' is an Indian Hindi suspense thriller film starring Ashish Chaudhary, Nausheen Ali Sardar, Akshay Kapoor and Achint Kaur. It was released on 21 August 2009. Plot ''Three – Love, Lies and Betrayal'' is a ...

'', a 2009 film starring Aashish Chaudhary, Nausheen Ali Sardar & Akshay Kapoor * ''Three'' (2010 film), a German film also known as ''3'' * ''3'' (1996 film), an Italian film also known as ''Tre'' * ''3'' (2012 Tamil film), a Tamil film starring Dhanush and Shruti Haasan * ''3'' (2012 Uruguayan film), a Uruguayan drama film directed by Pablo Stoll * ''Three'' (2016 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese film by Johnnie To * ''3'' (2018 film), a Kannada film starring Pooja Gandhi * ''Three'' (2020 film), a 2020 film Kazakh-South Korean film * ''The Three'', a 2020 Russian film

Television

* ''Three'' (TV series), a 1998 American series * ''3'' (TV series), a 2012 CBS reality television series * "3" (''The X-Files''), a 1994 episode * '' 3%'', a 2016 Brazilian dystopian thriller series * '' 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story'', a 2004 television movie * ''

Three's Company ''Three's Company'' is an American sitcom television series that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. It is based on the British sitcom '' Man About the House''. The story revolves around three single room ...

'', 1970's TV series *

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, cur ...

, a British television channel. * Channel 3, television channel traditionally associated with

ITV (TV network) ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passin ...

in the UK *

Three (TV channel) Three ( mi, Toru), stylized as +HR=E, is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3, it was New Zealand's first privately owned television channel. The channel currently broadcasts nationally (with regional ...

, a New Zealand television channel

Music

Music theory and notation

* The

mediant In music, the mediant (''Latin'': to be in the middle) is the third scale degree () of a diatonic scale, being the note halfway between the tonic and the dominant.Benward & Saker (2003), p.32. In the movable do solfège system, the mediant note ...

, the third note in a major or minor scale, often called a third and notated III or iii * A

triad (music) In music, a triad is a set of three notes (or " pitch classes") that can be stacked vertically in thirds.Ronald Pen, ''Introduction to Music'' (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992): 81. . "A triad is a set of notes consisting of three notes built on succ ...

, a chord with three notes, usually spaced in thirds * A triplet, a type of

tuplet In music, a tuplet (also irrational rhythm or groupings, artificial division or groupings, abnormal divisions, irregular rhythm, gruppetto, extra-metric groupings, or, rarely, contrametric rhythm) is "any rhythm that involves dividing the beat ...

, where a beat is split into three spaces

Artists

* 3 (1980s band), a rock band of Keith Emerson, Robert Berry and Carl Palmer *

3 (American band) 3, also known as Three, is an American progressive rock band formed in Woodstock, New York, United States, in the early 1990s. History The band was founded in 1994 as a three piece: Joey Eppard on guitar and lead vocals, Josh Eppard on drums ...

, an experimental progressive band based in Woodstock, New York * III, the

Inti Creates is a Japanese video game development company. Formed by ex-Capcom staff in May 1996, they are best known for developing games in the ''Mega Man'' series, namely the ''Mega Man Zero'' and '' Mega Man ZX'' series, and their flagship ''Azure Strike ...

sound team *

Three (band) Three was a post-hardcore band signed to Dischord Records. Originally composed of Ian Mackaye and Jeff Nelson along with Geoff Turner and Steve Niles of the band Gray Matter, Mackaye left the band quickly and was replaced by Mark Haggerty, also fr ...

, a post hardcore band signed to Dischord Records * Three, a 1960s avant-garde jazz group fronted by

Don Francks Don Harvey Francks (February 28, 1932 – April 3, 2016), also known by his stage name Iron Buffalo, was a Canadian actor, musician and singer. Career Don Harvey Francks was born on February 28, 1932, and was adopted shortly after his birth. H ...

Thriii Thriii (pronounced "three") is an American girl group that was formed in 2005 by the sisters China Anne McClain, Sierra McClain, and Lauryn McClain. The group was also known as 3mcclaingirls in 2005–2009, McClain Sisters in 2010–2014 and jus ...

, an American girl group composed of China Anne McClain, Sierra McClain, and Lauryn McClain *

BK3 BK3 were an American rock band led by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Kreutzmann formed the band in 2008 with Max Creek guitarist Scott Murawski and Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge. Formation Bill Kreutzmann and Scott Murawsk ...

, Three or 3, a band with Bill Kreutzmann, Scott Murawski and Oteil Burbridge * #3, the pseudonym of American musician

Chris Fehn Christopher Fehn (born February 24, 1973) is an American musician. He was a percussionist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Slipknot from 1998 to 2019, in which he was designated #3. He was also the bassist for Will Haven from 20 ...

when performing with Slipknot

Albums

* ''

Acid King III Acid King is an American stoner metal band from San Francisco, California. It was formed in 1993 by frontwoman Lori S., drummer Joey Osbourne and bassist Peter Lucas. Acid King have since recorded four studio albums and two EPs with a series o ...

'', by Acid King, 2005 * ''

AB III ''AB III'' is the third studio album by the rock band Alter Bridge, released on October 8, 2010. Produced by Michael Baskette, the album is a departure from the band's first two albums; lyrically, it is a loose concept album dealing with darker ...

'', by Alter Bridge, 2010 * ''Three'', by

APB (band) APB is a Scottish post-punk band, formed in 1979, that blended funk rock, punk rock and new wave music. The group had only modest success during its brief run, yet their influence can be heard in the sound of such current bands as Franz Fe ...

, 2007 * ''Three'', by Armageddon (Swedish band), 2002 * ''3'' (The Atomic Bitchwax album), 2005 * ''III'' (Bad Books album), 2019 * ''III'' (BadBadNotGood album), 2014 * ''III'' (Banks album), 2019 * ''III'', by

Dany Bédar Dany Bédar is a francophone Québécois singer from Val-d'Or in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.Élise Giguère"DANY BÉDAR : LE FRUIT DE SON RÉCENT SUCCÈS" ''Voir'', February 17, 2005. At the age of 19, Bédar moved to Montreal, ...

, 2008 * ''3'' (Bo Bice album), 2010 * ''

Billy Talent III ''Billy Talent III'' is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Billy Talent. It was released on July 10, 2009, in Europe, July 13 in the United Kingdom, July 14 in Canada, and September 22 in the US. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Canad ...

'', by Billy Talent, 2009 * ''Three'' (The Black Heart Procession album), 2000 * ''Black Widow III'', an album by Black Widow (band), 1972 * ''III'' (Gui Boratto album), 2011 * ''III'' (Bosse-de-Nage album), 2012 * ''III'' (Chad Brock album), 2001 * ''3'' (Buffalo Killers album), 2011 * ''3'' (The Butchies album), 2001 * ''Three'' (The John Butler Trio album), 2001 * ''3'' (Calogero album), 2004 * '' Chicago III'', by Chicago, 1971 * ''Three'' (Charlotte Church EP), 2013 * ''III'' (Crystal Castles album), 2012 * '' Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom'', by Cypress Hill, 1995 * '' Danzig III: How the Gods Kill'', by Danzig, 1992 * ''III'', by Demons & Wizards, 2020 * ''III'' (Download album), 1997 * ''Three'' (End of Everything album), 2006 * ''III'' (Espers album), 2009 * ''III'' (Eths album), 2012 * ''III'' (Family Force 5 album), 2011 * ''3'', by

Final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...

, 2006 * ''3'' (FireHouse album), 1995 * '' Focus 3'', by Focus, 1972 * ''III'' (Foster the People EP), 2017 * ''III'' (Fuzz album), 2020 * ''Three'' (Gloriana album), 2015 * ''III'' (Haloo Helsinki! album), 2011 * ''III'' (Hillsong Young & Free album), 2018 * ''Three'', by

Honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

, 2001 * ''3'' (honeyhoney album), 2015 * ''3'' (Ich Troje album), 1999 * ''3'' (Indochine album), 1985 * ''Three'' (Bob James album), 1976 * ''III'' (JoJo EP), 2015 * ''BK3'' (album) by Bruce Kulick, 2010 * ''

Led Zeppelin III ''Led Zeppelin III'' is the third studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 5 October 1970. It was recorded in three locations. Much of the work was done at Headley Grange, a country house, using the Rolling Stones Mobil ...

'', by Led Zeppelin, 1970 * ''III'' (The Lumineers album), 2019 * ''III'' (Makthaverskan album), 2017 * ''III'', by

Masked Intruder Masked Intruder is an anonymous American punk rock band from Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The members of the band are Intruder Yellow (bass, backing vocals), Intruder Green (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Intruder Red (drums, backing voc ...

, 2019 * ''3'' (Mastedon album), 2009 * ''III'' (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster album), 2009 * ''iii'', by

Milosh Mike Milosh, known professionally as Milosh, (born 1976) is a Canadian electronic musician from Toronto, who is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Career Milosh started learning classical cello at age three, later taking up drumming ...

, 2008 * ''III'' (Moderat album), 2016 * ''III'' (Moistboyz album), 2002 * ''III'' (Stanton Moore album), 2006 * ''III'', by

Mt. Egypt Mt. Egypt is the moniker for Travis Graves, an American singer-songwriter from Virginia. In 2002, skateboarding friend Jason Dill connected Graves to the label Record Collection. The following year, Mt. Egypt released his debut album, ''Batten ...

, 2009 * ''III'' (Joe Nichols album), 2005 * ''3'' (Netsky album), 2009 (also stylised ''III'') * ''3'' (Ngaiire album), 2021 * ''Three'' (Nine Days album), 1998 * ''3'' (Nouvelle Vague album), 2009 * ''III'' (Orbital EP), 1991 * ''3'', by Peace Love & Pitbulls, 1997 * ''Three'' (Ph.D. album), 2009 * ''Three'' (Phantogram album), 2016 * ''Three'' (Joel Plaskett album), 2009 * ''3'' (Pole album), 2000 * ''3rd'' (The Rasmus EP), 1996 * ''3'' (soundtrack), by Anirudh Ravichander, from the 2012 Tamil film * ''Phase Three'' (album), by Riverdales, 2003 * ''III'' (Sahg album), 2010 * ''Santana'' (1971 album), Santana, 1971 (often referred to as ''III'') * ''3'' (Alejandro Sanz album), 1995 * ''#3'' (The Script album), 2012 * ''

Sebadoh III ''III'' (or ''Sebadoh III'') is the third album by the American indie rock band Sebadoh. It was released by Homestead Records in 1991. ''III'' was the first full length Sebadoh album to feature Jason Loewenstein, who joined the band's two foundi ...

'', by Sebadoh, 1991 * ''#3'' (Shakespears Sister album), 2004 * ''III'' (Shiny Toy Guns album), 2012 * ''III'' (Bob Sinclar album), 2003 * '' 3's'', by Smile Empty Soul, 2012 * ''iii'' (Miike Snow album), 2016 * ''3'' (Soulfly album), 2002 * ''III'' (S.O.S. Band album), 1982 * ''Threes'' (album), by Sparta, 2006 * ''#3'' (Suburban Kids with Biblical Names album), 2005 * ''Three'' (Sugababes album), 2003 * ''III'' (Take That album), 2014 * ''3'' (Tricot album), 2017 * ''Three'' (Tubeless Hearts album), 1994 * ''3'' (Typical Cats album), 2012 * ''Three'' (U2 EP), 1979 * ''

Van Halen III ''Van Halen III'' is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on March 17, 1998, by Warner Bros. Records. Produced by Mike Post and Eddie Van Halen, it was the band's first studio album in three years after ''Balance'' ...

'', by Van Halen, 1998 * ''3'' (Violent Femmes album), 1989 * ''III'', by Xerath, 2014

Songs

* "3" (Britney Spears song), 2009 * "3" (Disturbed song), 2011 * "3", a song by Flume from the album ''

Skin Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation. Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different ...

'', 2016 * "3", a song by

Scott Storch Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is an American record producer and songwriter. He started off as a keyboardist for the group the Roots. Early life Storch was born on Long Island, New York. He was raised in South Florida and Phi ...

, 2021 * "3", a song by Ultravox from the B-side of " Same Old Story", 1986 * ".3", a song by Porcupine Tree from the album ''

In Absentia is Latin for absence. , a legal term, is Latin for "in the absence" or "while absent". may also refer to: * Award in absentia * Declared death in absentia, or simply, death in absentia, legally declared death without a body * Election in ab ...

'', 2002 * "III", by Foster the People from '' Sacred Hearts Club'', 2017 * "Tres" (song) ( en, Three), a 2008 song by Juanes * "Three", a song by Massive Attack from the album '' Protection'', 1994 * "Three", a song by Future and Young Thug from the mixtape ''

Super Slimey ''Super Slimey'' is a collaborative commercial mixtape by American rappers Future and Young Thug. It was released on October 20, 2017, by 300 Entertainment, Atlantic Records, Epic Records, Freebandz and YSL Records. The mixtape features a sole gues ...

'', 2017 * "Three", a song by Lily Allen from the album '' No Shame'', 2018 * "Three", a 1969 song by

Jimmy Newman Jimmy Yves Newman (August 29, 1927 – June 21, 2014), better known as Jimmy C. Newman (the C stands for Cajun), was an American country music and cajun singer-songwriter and long-time star of the Grand Ole Opry. Early life Newman was born n ...

* "Three", a 1969 song by

Strawberry Alarm Clock Strawberry Alarm Clock is a psychedelic rock band formed in 1967 with origins in Glendale, California Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 20 ...

* "Song 3", a song by Robbie Williams from the album ''Escapology (album), Escapology'', 2002 * "Song Three", a song from the Mahagonny-Songspiel * "Three", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Wild, Wonderful Purgatory'', 1999

Other music

* 3 Songs (disambiguation) * ''3 EPs'', a 1994 Tall Dwarfs EP * III Records, a Japanese record label * ''The Three E.P.'s'', a 1998 The Beta Band album

Science and technology

* 3, the resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride * 3, the DVD region code for many East Asian countries (except for Japan and China) * Group 3 element, often written as III * A superscript 3 (³) is used to represent the Cube (algebra), cubing of a number * Schläfli symbol for an equilateral triangle * Giant star (III), in the Yerkes spectral classification

Transportation

Automobiles

* BMW 3 Series, a German compact luxury car * Chery Arrizo 3, a Chinese subcompact sedan * Chery Tiggo 3, a Chinese compact SUV * Lynk & Co 03, a Chinese subcompact crossover * Mazda3, a Japanese compact sedan * MG 3, a British-Chinese subcompact hatchback * Peugeot Type 3, a French steam-powered car * Qoros 3, a Chinese compact car * Tesla Model 3, an American compact electric sedan * Volkswagen Type 3, a German compact car

Roads and routes

* 3 (New York City Subway service), a service of the New York City Subway * List of highways numbered 3

Other uses

* Samsung Galaxy 3, a smartphone * Three-point field goal, a long shot in basketball * ''Threes'', a game on the iPhone * Company (musical), ''Company'' (musical), a musical originally titled ''Threes'' * Three, a personality type of the Enneagram of Personality typology * 3, Triq ix-Xatt, a nineteenth-century building in Marsaskala, Malta * Three Percenters, a far-right American paramilitary group advocating gun rights and resisting government

Similar glyphs

* Open-mid central unrounded vowel, ɜ, of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), used in Cherokee and some English pronunciation * Ezh (letter), Ʒ, a symbol for dram ** Lowercase ezh, ʒ, representing the Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant of the IPA, used in several African languages * Dram (unit) (ℨ) and Gothic font letter Z * Yogh or Ȝ, letter used in Middle English and Middle Scots * Gyfu or Gar (rune) Anglo Saxon runes transliterated as ȝ * Ze (Cyrillic) or З, eleventh letter of Kazakh, tenth letter of Ukrainian, Dungan, ninth letter of Russian, Belarusian, Uzbek, Serbo-Croatian, Mongolian, eighth letter of Bulgarian and Kyrgyz alphabets; and Cyrillic numeral 7 * E (Cyrillic) or Э, fortieth letter of Kazakh, thirty-fifth letter of Dungan, thirty-third letter of Mongolian, thirty-first letter of Russian, thirtieth letter of Belarusian, twenty-eighth letter of Kyrgyz, and twenty-seventh letter of Uzbek alphabets * Abkhazian Dze or Ӡ, nineteenth letter of Abkhazian Cyrillic script alphabet * Ro (kana) or ろ, in hiragana Japanese script * ③, one of the Enclosed Alphanumerics * Da̰ dwé or ဒ, nineteenth letter of Burmese alphabet * Vin or ვ, sixth letter of Georgian alphabet and Georgian numeral 6 * Kan or კ, eleventh letter of Georgian alphabet and Georgian numeral 20 * Par or პ, seventeenth letter of Georgian alphabet and Georgian numeral 80 * Vie or ჳ, obsolete twenty-second letter of Georgian alphabet * Hi or Յ, twenty-first letter of Armenian alphabet and Armenian numeral 300 * ౩, Telugu alphabet#Numerals, Telugu alphabet numeral 3 * ૩, Gujarati alphabet#Digits, Gujarati alphabet numeral 3 * ३, Devanagari#Numerals, Devanagari numeral 3 * ੩, Gurmukhī alphabet#Numerals, Gurmukhī alphabet numeral 3 * ༣, Tibetan alphabet numeral 3 * Ꜣ, used to transcribe the Ancient Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian 'aleph' phoneme; see Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian