Tercet


noun
1.
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
2.
Music. triplet (def 5).
noun
1.
a group of three lines of verse that rhyme together or are connected by rhyme with adjacent groups of three lines

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