See Also: Triplet(medicine)
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triplet(dictionary)
nonsense triplet(medicine)
triplet state(medicine)

triplet (iou)



triplet noun. M17.
[from TRIPLE adjective + -ET1, after doublet.]
a. A group of three successive lines of verse, esp. when rhyming together and of the same length. M17.
b. Each of three children or animals born at one birth. Freq. in pl. L18.
c. Music. A group of three notes to be played in the time of two of the same time-value. E19.
d. Architecture. A group of three single-light windows. M19.
e. Poker, in pl. Three cards of the same denomination. M19.
f. Physics & Chemistry. A spectral multiplet composed of three lines or energy levels; an atomic or molecular state characterized by two unpaired electrons with parallel spins. L19.
LORENTZ triplet.
g. Particle Physics. A multiplet of three subatomic particles. M20.
gen. A set of three persons or things. M18.
Comb.: triplet code Genetics the standard version of the genetic code in which amino acids are specified by three successive nucleotides (a codon) in a nucleic acid molecule; triplet lily a plant of the south-western US, Triteleia laxa (family Amaryllidaceae), which is grown for its purple-blue tubular flowers (so called from the floral parts being arranged in threes).