triplet

[ trip-lit ]

/ ˈtrɪp lɪt /

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noun

one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.

triplets, three offspring born at one birth.

any group or combination of three.

Prosody. three successive verses or lines, especially when rhyming and of the same length; a stanza of three lines.

Also called tercet. Music. a group of three notes to be performed in the time of two ordinary notes of the same kind.

an assembled imitation gem with three parts, the center one giving the color, the top and bottom, sometimes genuine, supplying the wearing qualities.

Genetics. a sequence of three nucleotides; a codon in messenger RNA and an anticodon in transfer RNA.

Optics. a compound lens in which three lenses are combined.

triplets, (in some card games) three cards of the same denomination.

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Origin of triplet

First recorded in 1650–60; triple + -et

Words nearby triplet

triple-header, triple-nerved, triple-space, triple-tongue, triplegia, triplet, tripletail, tripleton, triplex, triplicate, triplicity

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Triplet panda cubs born this past July were reunited with their mother, Juxiao, in a Chinese zoo this week.
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Music aficionados recognize this rhythm as a triplet or “hemiola”: the playing of two different musical patterns simultaneously.
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The sound was hardly out of its body, when poor Triplet writhed like a worm on a hook.
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"About here, sir, if you please," said poor Triplet faintly.
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Pompey came in with the pie, Mrs. Woffington took it and set it before Triplet.
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Triplet then suddenly started from entreaty to King Cambyses' vein.
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Triplet had seen with alarm that Mr. Snarl spoke not; many satirical expressions crossed his face, but he said nothing.
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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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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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