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three
has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ adjective ] being one more than two
Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)He will be succeeded by Rob_Ledford of Gainesville , who has been an assistant more than three years . (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Over the first five frames , Jack_Fisher , the big righthander who figures to be in_the_middle of Oriole plans for a drive on the 1961 American_League pennant , held the A 's scoreless while yielding three scattered hits . The Orioles once_again performed at the plate in powderpuff fashion , gathering only seven blows off the offerings of three Kansas_City pitchers . The Birds got five hits and all three of their runs off Kunkel before Hartman took_over in the top of the fourth . Keegan , a 6 - foot - 3 - inch 158 - pounder , gave_up the Orioles ' last two safeties over the final three frames , escaping a load of trouble in the ninth when the Birds threatened but failed to tally . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)The Senate quickly whipped_through its meager fare of House bills approved by committees , passing the three on the calendar . (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Three were doubles , Brooks_Robinson getting a pair and Marv_Breeding one . Hartman , purchased by the A 's from the Milwaukee_Braves last fall , allowed no hits in his scoreless three inning appearance , and merited the triumph . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Cliff_Cook accounted_for three of the Tribe 's eight hits . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)We may show , first , that there cannot possibly be an alternative other_than the three typically represented by Bultmann , Barth , and Buri . Related terms |
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