triplet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a set or group of three related people or things

   The architect repeated the same triplet of arches along the facade.

2. 2
   noun

   one of three children or young born in the same pregnancy

   Each triplet wore a different color so visitors could tell the babies apart.

3. 3
   noun

   a group of three musical notes played in the time normally given to two

   The pianist kept the triplet even against the steady beat in the left hand.

Appears in

From triple + the diminutive suffix -et, probably modeled on doublet. Its core sense is a group of three, later specialized for one of three siblings and for a three-note rhythmic figure in music.

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