trebling
Increasing by three
Trebling is the act of multiplying by three or increasing threefold.
A company might report a trebling of profits, or a city might experience a trebling of its population over decades.
The word functions as the present participle of treble: Housing costs have been trebling every few years.
Highest female voice range
- countertenorHigh-voiced male singer
- boy sopranoYoung male high voice
- choirboyYoung male sacred singer
- descantOrnamental upper melody
head voice · castrato · falsetto · coloratura · cathedral choir · pure tone · bell-like · crystalline
Making threefold
- threefoldHaving three parts
- triplicateMade in three copies
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- increaseGrowth in amount
amplification · augmentation · expansion · growth · surge · escalation · proliferation · three times
High in frequency
- shrillHigh-pitched and harsh
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- sopranoHighest female voice range
piccolo · whistle · flute · birdsong · squeak · tinny · shriek · screech
What evens things out
- tweeterSpeaker for treble
- tone controlFrequency balance adjustment
- hi-fiQuality audio equipment
- speakerOne who talks
high frequencies · amplifier · stereo · sound system · mixing · brightness · presence · clarity
soprano
Highest female voice range
- countertenorHigh-voiced male singer
- boy sopranoYoung male high voice
- choirboyYoung male sacred singer
descant · head voice · castrato · falsetto · coloratura · cathedral choir · pure tone · bell-like · crystalline
tripling
Making threefold
- threefoldHaving three parts
- triplicateMade in three copies
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
increase · amplification · augmentation · expansion · growth · surge · escalation · proliferation · three times · magnification
high-pitched
High in frequency
soprano · piccolo · whistle · flute · birdsong · squeak · tinny · shriek · screech · bell-like
equalizer
What evens things out
- tweeterSpeaker for treble
- tone controlFrequency balance adjustment
- hi-fiQuality audio equipment
high frequencies · speaker · amplifier · stereo · sound system · mixing · brightness · presence · clarity
treblinghalving
Dividing into two
quartering · shrinking · diminishing · trisecting · reducing
treblingreducing
Making less or smaller
decreasing · shrinking · diminishing · contracting · cutting