duplet
Two notes grouped
A duplet is a pair of things, especially in technical contexts.
In music, a duplet is two notes played in the time normally occupied by three, the opposite of a triplet.
In physics, it may refer to a pair of spectral lines or coupled particles.
The word appears in specialized writing more than everyday speech.
Two working together
- coupleTwo linked together
- dyadTwo forming one
- twosomeTwo together
- braceDevice providing structural stability
tandem · pairing · twin · binary · duality · twain · match · counterpart
Set of three
- quadrupletOne of four twins
- quintupletOne of five simultaneous births
- sextupletOne born with five siblings simultaneously
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
note · beat · subdivision · grouping · notation · tempo · measure · syncopation
Two successive verse lines
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- verseMetered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- linesStrokes connecting two points
meter · rhyming · paired · heroic · elegiac · closed · open · enjambment
DNA strand carrying genes
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- codonBase triplet encoding amino
mutation · sequence · allele · genome · replication · pairing · strand · basepair
Light-focusing curved glass
- refractionWave bending between media
- chromaticRelating to color
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- correctedFixed what was wrong
cemented · optical · element · glass · magnification · telescope · microscope · eyepiece
duo
Two working together
brace · tandem · pairing · twin · binary · duality · twain · match · counterpart · geminate
triplet
Set of three
- quadrupletOne of four twins
- quintupletOne of five simultaneous births
- sextupletOne born with five siblings simultaneously
rhythm · note · beat · subdivision · grouping · notation · tempo · measure · syncopation · phrase
couplet
Two successive verse lines
lines · meter · rhyming · paired · heroic · elegiac · closed · open · enjambment · sonnet
chromosome
DNA strand carrying genes
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
codon · mutation · sequence · allele · genome · replication · pairing · strand · basepair · DNA
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
- refractionWave bending between media
- chromaticRelating to color
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
corrected · cemented · optical · element · glass · magnification · telescope · microscope · eyepiece
- rhythmbeat, pulse, tempo, downbeat, upbeat
- rhythm notationwhole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note
- duplicate keyCopied lock opener
- in duplicateIn two copies
- genome duplicationCopying all chromosomes
- spirit duplicatorSolvent-based document copier
- duplex houseBuilding with two units
- duplex communicationSimultaneous two-way data flow
duplicate, duplicity, duplicated, duplex, duplicating, duplication, duplicates, reduplication, duplicator