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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tri•plet /ˈtrɪplɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Medicineone of three offspring born at one birth.
- any group of three, as three lines of poetry or three musical notes played together.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tri•plet (trip′lit),USA pronunciation n. - Medicineone of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
- Medicine triplets, three offspring born at one birth.
- any group or combination of three.
- Poetry[Pros.]three successive verses or lines, esp. when rhyming and of the same length;
a stanza of three lines. - Music and DanceAlso called tercet. a group of three notes to be performed in the time of two ordinary notes of the same kind.
- Jewelryan assembled imitation gem with three parts, the center one giving the color, the top and bottom, sometimes genuine, supplying the wearing qualities.
- Biochemistry, Genetics[Genetics.]a sequence of three nucleotides;
a codon in messenger RNA and an anticodon in transfer RNA. - Opticsa compound lens in which three lenses are combined.
- triplets, (in some card games) three cards of the same denomination.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: triplet /ˈtrɪplɪt/ n - a group or set of three similar things
- one of three offspring born at one birth
- a group of three notes played in a time value of two, four, etc
- a state of a molecule or free radical in which there are two unpaired electrons
Etymology: 17th Century: from triple, on the model of doublet |