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triplet

[ trip-lit ]
/ ˈtrɪp lɪt /
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RELATED WORDS

threesome, triumvirate, trilogy, troika, triad, leash, triple, trinity, trine, triangle, triplicate, triptych, trey, ternion, trio, triplicity, third, trichotomy, trivium, ternary

Nearby words

  1. triple-header,
  2. triple-nerved,
  3. triple-space,
  4. triple-tongue,
  5. triplegia,
  6. tripletail,
  7. tripleton,
  8. triplex,
  9. triplicate,
  10. triplicity

Origin of triplet

First recorded in 1650–60; triple + -et
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British Dictionary definitions for triplet

triplet

/ (ˈtrɪplɪt) /

noun

a group or set of three similar things
one of three offspring born at one birth
music a group of three notes played in a time value of two, four, etc
chem a state of a molecule or free radical in which there are two unpaired electrons

Word Origin for triplet

C17: from triple, on the model of doublet
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Word Origin and History for triplet

triplet

n.

1650s, "three successive lines of poetry," from triple; perhaps patterned on doublet. Extended to a set of three of anything in 1733, and to three children at the same birth in 1787 (another word for this was trin, 1831, on the model of twin). Musical meaning "three notes played in the time of two" is from 1801.

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Medicine definitions for triplet

triplet

[ trĭp′lĭt ]

n.

Any of three children delivered at the same birth.
A set of three similar objects, such as a compound lens in a microscope formed of three planoconvex lenses.
A unit of three successive nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific amino acid; a codon or anticodon.
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