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Webster 1913 Edition
Triplet
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Triplet
TRIP'LET
,Noun.
1.
In poetry, three verses rhyming together.2.
In music, three notes sung or played in the time of two.Definition 2024
triplet
triplet
English
Noun
triplet (plural triplets)
- A group of three.
- One of a group of three.
- One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.
- (music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
- (physics) A triquark.
Synonyms
Translations
group of three
one of a group of three
one of three siblings born at the same time of the same mother
group of three notes played in place of two
See also
| Coefficient | Noun | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | single | singlet |
| 2 | double | doublet twin |
| 3 | triple | triplet |
| 4 | quadruple | quadruplet |
| 5 | quintuple pentuple |
quintuplet pentuplet |
| 6 | sextuple hextuple |
sextuplet hextuplet |
| 7 | septuple heptuple |
septuplet heptuplet |
| 8 | octuple | octuplet |
| 9 | nonuple | nonuplet |
| 10 | decuple | decuplet |
| 11 | undecuple hendecuple |
undecuplet hendecuplet |
| 12 | duodecuple | duodecuplet |
| 13 | tredecuple | tredecuplet |
| 100 | centuple | centuplet |
| many | multiple | multiplet |