Treble
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Treble, a doublet of "triple" or "threefold" (from Latin triplus, "triple"; cf. "double" from duplus), is used in several contexts:
Music:
- As a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system; see clef.
- A treble-cut filter attenuates high frequencies while passing low frequencies.
- Treble response, the high frequency portion of an audio system's frequency response.
- Treble Charger, a Canadian rock group.
- Treble in Trouble, a record by the band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
- Treble (girl group), a 3 piece girl group from the Netherlands.
- Treble is used, most often by the British, to refer to a boy singer whose voice has not yet changed. See Boy soprano.
Other:
- Treble is also the name of a character in the Mega Man video game series; see Bass (Mega Man).
- A treble-bar, a type of moth.
- Treble Cone, a mountain and ski resort in New Zealand.
- Treble jig, an Irish dance.
- Treble damages, a legal term indicating triple damages as a penalty.
- Treble in sport describes the achievement of winning three trophies in one season (e.g. The Treble in football).