triplet
tri pluht
- n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- n one of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- n a set of three similar things considered as a unit
- The ballfield-size spaces between the triplet building clusters and the central megatower look awkwardly large, making the radical change of scale even more unsettling.
- The conclusion was inescapable: in the genetic code, Nirenberg's triplet had to signify phenylalanine.
- The single oxygen atoms tend to attach themselves to the remaining molecules, forming an oxygen-atom triplet.