triplet

triplet
/trip"lit/, n.
1. one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
2. triplets, three offspring born at one birth.
3. any group or combination of three.
4. Pros. three successive verses or lines, esp. when rhyming and of the same length; a stanza of three lines.
5. Also called tercet. Music. a group of three notes to be performed in the time of two ordinary notes of the same kind.
6. an assembled imitation gem with three parts, the center one giving the color, the top and bottom, sometimes genuine, supplying the wearing qualities.
7. Genetics. a sequence of three nucleotides; a codon in messenger RNA and an anticodon in transfer RNA.
8. Optics. a compound lens in which three lenses are combined.
9. triplets, (in some card games) three cards of the same denomination.
[1650-60; TRIPLE + -ET]

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  • triplet — TRIPLÉT, triplete, s.n. Al treilea dintre trei exemplare de acelaşi fel. ♦ A treia formă a unor cuvinte care sunt de aceeaşi provenienţă, dar care au intrat în limbă în epoci diferite. – Din fr. triplet. Trimis de RACAI, 07.12.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 …   Dicționar Român

  • Triplet —   [französisch, zu triple »dreifach«, von gleichbedeutend lateinisch triplus] das, s/ s, ein abbildendes optisches System (Objektiv) aus drei getrennt stehenden Linsen, von denen die beiden äußeren sammelnd wirken, die innere dagegen zerstreuend …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Triplet — Trip let, n. [From {Triple}.] 1. A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united. [1913 Webster] 2. (Poetry) Three verses rhyming together. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) A group of three notes sung or played in the tree of two. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • triplet — triplet. См. триплет. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • triplet — triplet. = codon (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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