triple crown

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triple crown - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Triple \Tri"ple\, a. [L. triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as
     in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See Double, and cf.
     Treble.]
     1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three;
        threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
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              By thy triple shape as thou art seen. --Dryden.
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     2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
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     3. One of three; third. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     Triple crown, the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See
        Tiara, 2.
  
     Triple-expansion steam engine, a compound steam engine in
        which the same steam performs work in three cylinders
        successively.
  
     Triple measure (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which
        first only is accented.
  
     Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3.
  
     Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic
        atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple
        salt.
  
     Triple star (Astron.), a system of three stars in close
        proximity.
  
     Triple time (Mus.), that time in which each measure is
        divided into three equal parts.
  
     Triple valve, in an automatic air brake for railroad cars,
        the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is
        controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading
        from the locomotive.
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triple crown - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  triple crown
      n 1: (horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the
           Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness
      2: (baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the
         league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs