A triplet is a set of three items, which may be in a specific order, or unordered. It may refer to:
Science
* A series of three nucleotide bases forming an element of the
Genetic code
* J-coupling as part of
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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Opal in preparation to be a gemstone
* Spin triplet in quantum mechanics — as in triplet oxygen, or
triplet state in general
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Tuple of length 3 in mathematics
* Each of the children born in a three-child
multiple birth; identical or fraternal, as are twins and quadruplets and quintuplets
Technologies
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Photography triplet
A photography or paint triplet is set of three photos or paints usually related to one event or developing a theme or story. Many art photographers use triplets to describe more complicated story or to attract the viewer by showing related print ...
or paint triplet
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Triplet lens, optical device consisting of three single lenses
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Tandem bicycle with three seats
Other uses
* In music, a
tuplet of three successive notes of equal duration
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The Triplets
The Triplets ( ca, Les tres bessones; es, Las tres mellizas; oc, Es tres bessones) are three fictional characters (Anna, Teresa and Helena) created by Spanish illustrator Roser Capdevila.
The Triplets were created in 1983, based on Capdevila ...
'', a Spanish children's book
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The Triplets (band)
The Triplets are a pop rock trio that crossed over musical boundaries from the U.S through Latin America. Composed of the triplets Diana, Sylvia, and Vicky Villegas (all born April 18th, 1965) of an American mother and a Mexican father, the grou ...
, a Latin pop group
* A triplet, a kind of
assembled gem
An assembled gem (also called a composite gem) is a gemstone made up of other smaller gems. An assembled gem can often be a fake gem with a desirable piece of gemstone attached to pieces of inexpensive imitation gemstones. For example, a combinat ...
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Triplets, the multiple birth of three children, whether identical or fraternal as are twins, quadruplets and quintuplets.
See also
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Binghamton Triplets, a minor league baseball team
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First Hurwitz triplet In the mathematical theory of Riemann surfaces, the first Hurwitz triplet is a triple of distinct Hurwitz surfaces with the identical automorphism group of the lowest possible genus, namely 14 (genera 3 and 7 each admit a unique Hurwitz surface, res ...
, a triple of distinct Hurwitz surfaces with the identical automorphism group of the lowest possible genus
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Triplet Lakes
Triplet Lakes is a group of lakes in Clearwater County, Minnesota, in the United States.
The group consists of three small lakes, hence the name.
See also
*List of lakes in Minnesota
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as th ...
, a group of lakes in Minnesota
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The Triplets of Belleville'', a 2003 French animated film by Sylvain Chomet
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Tercet
A tercet is composed of three lines of poetry, forming a stanza or a complete poem.
Examples of tercet forms
English-language haiku is an example of an unrhymed tercet poem. A poetic triplet is a tercet in which all three lines follow the same ...
in poetry
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Tristich
A tercet is composed of three lines of poetry, forming a stanza or a complete poem.
Examples of tercet forms
English-language haiku is an example of an unrhymed tercet poem. A poetic triplet is a tercet in which all three lines follow the same ...
in poetry
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Triad (disambiguation), another general term for a group of three
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Triptych, a work of art which is divided into three sections
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Trilogy
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