adj. 1. Composed of three parts; threefold; triple. 2. Having three apartments, divisions, or floors: a triplex apartment building; a triplex cinema. n. Something, such as an apartment building, that is triplex: We live in a triplex. [Latin; see trei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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