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triplet

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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 
  3:  a  set  of  three  similar  things  considered  as  a  unit  [syn:  {trio}, 
  {triad}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Triplet,  VA 
  Zip  code(s):  23868




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