triplet
noun
- a collection or group of three, usually of one kind; specif.,
- a group of three successive lines of poetry, usually rhyming
- 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
See triplet in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(trĭpˈlĭt)
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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