triplern.
/ˈtrɪplə/ Electronics.
Any device for producing an output whose frequency or whose voltage is three times that of the input.
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1924 S. R. Roget Dict. Electr. Terms 244/2 Static frequency-changer... Also called doublers and triplers in the cases of twice and three times the original frequency.
1947 L. B. Young in C. G. Montgomery Technique of Microwave Measurements vi. 371 In this frequency range the push-pull tripler of Fig. 6.22 is used.
1973 G. J. King Newnes Colour Television Servicing Man. I. i. 29/2 The final 24 kV potential is developed only when the tripler e.h.t. output is connected to the tube final anode.
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