triplet
Three born together
A triplet is one of three offspring born at the same birth: The triplets are identical.
More broadly, triplet refers to any group or set of three related things.
In music, a triplet is three notes played in the time normally given to two.
In poetry, three successive rhyming lines form a triplet.
Male children of same parents
- sistersFemale kin or nuns
- fraternalOf sibling bonds
- identicalExactly the same
- newbornsRecently delivered infants
infants · nursery · incubator · birthweight · maternity · neonatal · delivery · gestation
Group of three
- triadGroup of three
- threesomeGroup of three together
- trinityUnified set of three
- trilogyThree linked creative works
triptych · treble · ternary · trifecta · troika · triangle · tripod · triumvirate
Three-line verse unit
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- verseMetered poetic passage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- meterDevice that measures usage
couplet · quatrain · haiku · sonnet · villanelle · ballad · ode · Dante
Base triplet encoding amino
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- RNAGene expression molecule
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
adenine · guanine · cytosine · thymine · uracil · protein · mutation · transcription
Three-line verse unit
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- notesBrief written records
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
measure · syncopation · melody · polyrhythm · subdivision · grouping · phrasing
Genetically identical organism
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- indistinguishableImpossible to tell apart
- matchingIdentical in appearance
carbon-copy · duplicate · replica · twinning · resemblance · similarity
brothers
Male children of same parents
newborns · infants · nursery · incubator · birthweight · maternity · neonatal · delivery · gestation · pediatrics
trio
Group of three
trilogy · triptych · treble · ternary · trifecta · troika · triangle · tripod · triumvirate · trident
tercet
Three-line verse unit
meter · couplet · quatrain · haiku · sonnet · villanelle · ballad · ode · Dante
codon
Base triplet encoding amino
- nucleotideGenetic code subunit
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- RNAGene expression molecule
sequence · adenine · guanine · cytosine · thymine · uracil · protein · mutation · transcription · translation
tercet
Three-line verse unit
beat · measure · syncopation · melody · polyrhythm · subdivision · grouping · phrasing
clone
Genetically identical organism
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- indistinguishableImpossible to tell apart
matching · carbon-copy · duplicate · replica · twinning · resemblance · similarity
- three thingsjazz trio, string trio, piano trio, vocal trio, power trio
- drummingsnare drum, drum roll, drumroll, beat, drumsticks
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, son
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
tripletsingleton
Only member present
only child · twin · quadruplet · quintuplet · sextuplet
tripletsingleton
Only member present
solo · only child · individual · single · one
- triple dog dareHighest level schoolyard provocation
- triple threatPerformer with three skills
- triple ABest bond rating
- triple whammyThree simultaneous setbacks
- triple checkThree confirmations of accuracy
- triple playThree outs, one action
triple, triplets, tripled, tripling, triplicate, triplex, triplication