dictionary definitions for "triplet"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Triplet \Trip"let\, n. [From Triple.]
     1. A collection or combination of three of a kind; three
        united.
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     2. (Poetry) Three verses rhyming together.
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     3. (Mus.) A group of three notes sung or played in the tree
        of two.
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     4. pl. Three children or offspring born at one birth.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  triplet
      n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
           [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
           leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
           ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, {deuce-
           ace}]
      2: one of three offspring born at the same time from the same
         pregnancy
      3: a set of three similar things considered as a unit [syn:
         trio, triad, triplet, triple]


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