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   tri·plet

   /ˈtriplət/

   noun

   • 1. one of three children or animals born at the same birth: "she was expecting triplets"
   • 2. a set or succession of three similar things: "a triplet of aces"
   • ▪ a group of three equal notes to be performed in the time of two or four.
   • ▪ a set of three rhyming lines of verse.
   • 3. an atomic or molecular state characterized by two unpaired electrons with parallel spins.
   • ▪ a group of three associated lines close together in a spectrum or electrophoretic gel.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from triple, on the pattern of doublet.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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