Hypertext Webster Gateway: "triplet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Triplet \Trip"let\, n. [From {Triple}.]
1. A collection or combination of three of a kind; three
united.
2. (Poetry) Three verses rhyming together.
3. (Mus.) A group of three notes sung or played in the tree
of two.
4. pl. Three children or offspring born at one birth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}, {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}]
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