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rule of three

n
(Mathematics) a mathematical rule asserting that the value of one unknown quantity in a proportion is found by multiplying the denominator of each ratio by the numerator of the other
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And now it's open, we are going out by Rule--the Rule of Three."
"He thought he saw a Garden-Door That opened with a key: He looked again, and found it was A Double Rule of Three:
It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the--But halloo!
The world is filled with the proverbs and acts and winkings of a base prudence, which is a devotion to matter, as if we possessed no other faculties than the palate, the nose, the touch, the eye and ear; a prudence which adores the Rule of Three, which never subscribes, which never gives, which seldom lends, and asks but one question of any project,--Will it bake bread?
As difficult to decipher as a hieroglyphic inscription to the clerks, the vocation of the secretary and his usefulness were as plain as the rule of three to the self-interested.
You can work it out by Fractions or by simple Rule of Three, But the way of Tweedle-dum is not the way of Tweedle-dee.
The parties call this the "Rule of Three." Illinois law creates a possibility that displaced referenda will roll over to the next election.
The Rule of Three got both its name and its reason for existence from the standard three-degree glideslope of an ILS approach.
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Professor Barry Gilbertson, a visiting professor at the university, will give a talk entitled The Rule of Three - the Complex Relationship between the Economy, Banking and Real Estate, which will examine how the possibility of a triple dip recession will affect property and construction.
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