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Rule of three
Meaning
Name
●
A
religious
tenet
held
by some Wiccans,
stating
that whatever energy, positive or
negative
, a person
puts
into the world will be
returned
threefold.
●
A
rule
stating
that, if two
ratios
are
equal
, then the
denominator
of the second
equals
its
numerator
times
the
reciprocal
of the first
ratio
: if a/b=c/d then d=(bc)/a.
●
A
rule
for
clinical trials
used for
determining
the rate of
adverse
side effects
when no such
side effects
present during the
course
of the trial.
●
A
rule
which
states
that things which
come in
groups
of three are
inherently
funnier
or more effective than things which
come in
groups
of other sizes.
Specifically, the
technique
of having a
setup
in advance
, a
reminder
to keep it
fresh
in the audience's
memory
, and then a payoff.
●
A
religious
tenet
stating
that the energy a person
puts out
into the world, positive or
negative
, will be
returned
to that person threefold.
●
A
rule of thumb
in the C++
programming language
,
stating
that any
c
lass that
defines
a
destructor
, a
copy constructor
, or a
c
opy
assignment operator
should
define
all three of them.
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Synonyms
Karma
Golden Rule
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