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triplet

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trip·let  (trplt)
n.
1. A group or set of three of one kind.
2. One of three children born at one birth.
3. A group of three lines of verse.
4. Music A group of three notes having the time value of two notes of the same kind. Also called tercet.
5. Physics A multiplet with three components.
6. Genetics A unit of three successive nucleotides in a molecule of DNA or RNA that codes for a specific amino acid; a codon or anticodon.


triplet [ˈtrɪplɪt]
n
1. a group or set of three similar things
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) one of three offspring born at one birth
3. (Music, other) Music a group of three notes played in a time value of two, four, etc.
4. (Chemistry) Chem a state of a molecule or free radical in which there are two unpaired electrons
[from triple, on the model of doublet]

triplet
1. a stanza of three verses.
2. any set of three verses. See also music; numbers.
See also: Verse
Triplet(s) a set of three; three children at a birth, 1787.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.triplet - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and onetriplet - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
2.triplet - one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancytriplet - one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
sib, sibling - a person's brother or sister
3.triplet - a set of three similar things considered as a unittriplet - a set of three similar things considered as a unit
trilogy - a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
triplicity, trigon - (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees
set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"

triplet
noun threesome, triple, trio, trinity, trilogy, triad, triumvirate, trine, triune Goldsmith's triplet of rural virtues
Translations
triplet [ˈtrɪplɪt] N
1. (= person) → trillizo/a m/f, triate mf (Mex)
2. (Mus) → tresillo m
3. (Poetry) → terceto m
triplet
n
(= baby)Drilling m
(Mus) → Triole f; (Poet) → Dreireim m


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There comes a day at last, when, while the wonted Marriage Chorus goes forth from universal Lineland, the three far-off Lovers suddenly find themselves in exact harmony, and, before they are awake, the wedded Triplet is rapt vocally into a duplicate embrace; and Nature rejoices over one more marriage and over three more births.
I believed I could shoot the bridge myself, and I went to the forward triplet of logs and relieved the pilot of his pole and his responsibility.
When the triplets were taken ashore at New York, he had, as he said, `to carry some of them.
 
 
 
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