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Tercet

Ter′cet

,

Noun.

[F., fr. It.

terzetto

, dim. of

terzo

, third, L.

tertius

. See

, and cf.

.]

1.

(Mus.)

A triplet.

Hiles.

2.

(Poetry)

A triplet; a group of three lines.