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  • adjective one more than two; denoting a quantity consisting of three items or units; -- representing the number three as an Arabic numeral.

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  • noun The cardinal number three.

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  • adjective being one more than two
  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

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    October 7, 2008

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    October 7, 2008

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    Doesn't π=3 make circles hexagons?

    October 12, 2008

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    I asked him to choose for me

    He chose for me the violet, the lily and the pink

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    But those I refused all three.

    (Seeds of love, music: Loreena McKennitt, lyrics: traditional)

    November 14, 2008

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    He got muddy water

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    He say one and one and one is three

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    Come together right now over me.

    November 17, 2008