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TRIPLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tripling mean?
• TRIPLING (noun)
The noun TRIPLING has 1 sense:
1. increase by a factor of three
Familiarity information: TRIPLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase by a factor of three
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("tripling" is a kind of...):
multiplication (a multiplicative increase)
Derivation:
triple (increase threefold)
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