1
[ adverb ] by a factor of three

Synonyms

threefold

Examples

"our rent increased threefold in the past five years"

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

Spectra were also obtained from a third sample of **f which had been diluted to three_times its original volume with powdered , anhydrous alundum ( **f ) .

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

Felix_Kopstein states that `` when the snake reaches its maturity it has already reached about its maximal length '' , but goes_on to cite the reticulate python as an exception , with maximum length approximately three_times that at maturity .

*