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The definition of a triplet is a group of three of one kind, or one of three born at a single birth.

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An example of a triplet is a set of three lines in a poem that rhyme.
An example of a triplet is a tercet, or three notes that should be played in the same time it takes to play two notes.
An example of a triplet is one of the three identical children born on the same day to the same mother.

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See triplet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a collection or group of three, usually of one kind; specif.,
1. a group of three successive lines of poetry, usually rhyming
2. a group of three musical notes to be performed in the time of two of the same value
any of three offspring born at a single birth

Origin: tripl(e) + -et

See triplet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A group or set of three of one kind.
One of three children born at one birth.
A group of three lines of verse.
Music A group of three notes having the time value of two notes of the same kind. Also called tercet.
Physics A multiplet with three components.
Genetics A unit of three successive nucleotides in a molecule of DNA or RNA that codes for a specific amino acid; a codon or anticodon.

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Origin: tripl(e)

Origin: + (doubl)et

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