Triplet
noun
1.
one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
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triplets, three offspring born at one birth.
3.
any group or combination of three.
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Prosody. three successive verses or lines, especially when rhyming and of the same length; a stanza of three lines.
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Also called tercet. Music. a group of three notes to be performed in the time of two ordinary notes of the same kind.
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an assembled imitation gem with three parts, the center one giving the color, the top and bottom, sometimes genuine, supplying the wearing qualities.
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Genetics. a sequence of three nucleotides; a codon in messenger RNA and an anticodon in transfer RNA.
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Optics. a compound lens in which three lenses are combined.
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triplets, (in some card games) three cards of the same denomination.
noun
1.
a group or set of three similar things
2.
one of three offspring born at one birth
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(music) a group of three notes played in a time value of two, four, etc
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(chem) a state of a molecule or free radical in which there are two unpaired electrons
triplet trip·let (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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