triplet

triplet /trip·let/ (trip´let)

1. one of three offspring produced at one birth.

2. a combination of three objects or entities acting together, as three lenses or three nucleotides.

3. a triple discharge.

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trip·let (trplt)

n.

1. Any of three children delivered at the same birth.

2. A set of three similar objects, such as a compound lens in a microscope formed of three planoconvex lenses.

3. A unit of three successive nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific amino acid; a codon or anticodon.

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triplet

1. one of three offspring produced at one birth.

2. a combination of three objects or entities acting together, as three lenses or three nucleotides. See also codon.