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triplet

[ trip-lit ]

noun

  1. one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
  2. triplets, three offspring born at one birth.
  3. any group or combination of three.
  4. Prosody. three successive verses or lines, especially when rhyming and of the same length; a stanza of three lines.
  5. Also called tercet. Music. a group of three notes to be performed in the time of two ordinary notes of the same kind.
  6. an assembled imitation gem with three parts, the center one giving the color, the top and bottom, sometimes genuine, supplying the wearing qualities.
  7. Genetics. a sequence of three nucleotides; a codon in messenger RNA and an anticodon in transfer RNA.
  8. Optics. a compound lens in which three lenses are combined.
  9. triplets, (in some card games) three cards of the same denomination.


triplet

/ ˈ³Ù°ùɪ±è±ôɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. a group or set of three similar things
  2. one of three offspring born at one birth
  3. music a group of three notes played in a time value of two, four, etc
  4. chem a state of a molecule or free radical in which there are two unpaired electrons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triplet1

First recorded in 1650–60; triple + -et
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triplet1

C17: from triple , on the model of doublet
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The triplet poked through its shell and was mostly visible just after 2 a.m.

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Or triplets, maybe, once you throw in Elizabeth Holmes.

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The sisters - who are part of a set of triplets - moved to Scotland about 10 years ago and had been saving to buy their own home.

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The sisters - who are from a set of triplets - live in Aberdeen city centre, after moving to Scotland several years ago.

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The sisters, who are part of a set of triplets, are said to have moved to Scotland from Hungary 10 years ago.

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