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"three fold" should mean 8x not 3x (feddit.uk)
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When people say there's been an "𝑥 fold increase in such and such." They mean such and such is 𝑥 times as big.

If you get something that actually folds like a sheet of paper, the amount of layers doubles each time. One fold = twice as many layers. Two folds = four times as many layers...

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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

I think you’re thinking about it wrong.

The kind of fold here would be closer to Pleats not repeated bifolding.