TRIPLET


Meaning of TRIPLET in English

I. ˈtriplə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun

( -s )

Etymology: triple (II) + -et

1. : a unit of three lines of verse

2. : a collection of three of a kind : a combination of three united : a set or group of three

fraction triplets

3.

a. : one of three children or offspring born at one birth

b. triplets plural : a group of three offspring born at one birth

4. : a group of three musical notes or tones performed in the time of two of the same value

5. : a combination of three lenses (as in a camera or microscope)

6. triplets plural : three cards of a kind especially in poker

7. : a composite gemstone made by cementing together three parts of which the top and bottom are usually genuine and the middle a colored substitute

8.

a. : a spectrum line or an energy level of an atom, molecule, or nucleus having three components associated with the three possible orientations of one quantum unit of spin

b. triplets plural : three lines in a spectrum closely adjacent or in sets of three (as in the spectrum of iron)

II. noun

1.

a. : a group of three elementary particles (as positive, negative, and neutral pions) with different charge states but otherwise similar properties

b. or triplet state : any state of an elementary particle having one quantum unit of spin

c. : an atom or molecule with an even number of electrons that have a net magnetic moment

2. : codon herein

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.