triplet
/ˈtrɪplət/
noun
- One of three children or animals born at the same time to the same mother.
- The triplets all have different personalities even though they look alike.
- My aunt gave birth to triplets, two boys and a girl.
- Raising triplets requires a lot of planning and help from family.
- A group or set of three similar or related things.
- The artist painted a triplet of landscapes showing the same mountain in different seasons.
- The scientist discovered a triplet of genes that work together to control flower color.
- In the code, a triplet of numbers represents the red, green, and blue color values.
- In music, a group of three notes played in the time normally taken to play two notes of the same value.
- The melody uses a triplet on the first beat of each measure.
- Practice counting 'one-and-ah, two-and-ah' to get the rhythm of a triplet.
- The drummer played a triplet on the snare drum to add a swing feel.
- In poetry, a set of three lines that rhyme with each other.
- The poet wrote a triplet about the stars: 'The night is deep, the stars do keep / Their silent watch while others sleep / And secrets in the darkness creep.'
- The poem ends with a triplet that emphasizes the theme of loss.
- Shakespeare sometimes used a triplet to conclude a sonnet.