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–noun

1.	Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.

2.	Music. triplet (def. 5).

[Origin: 1590–1600; < F < It terzetto, dim. of terzo third < L tertius. See -et

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n.

A group of three lines of verse, often rhyming together or with another triplet.
Music See triplet.

[French, from Italian terzetto, from diminutive of terzo, third, from Latin tertius; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]

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trip·let Audio Help (trĭp'lĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.

[tripl(e) + (doubl)et.]

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tercet

"three successive lines rhyming together," 1598, from It. terzetto, dim. of terzo "third," from L. tertius (see third). Spelling influenced by Fr. tercet, from the It.

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