Three vs Triplet - What's the difference?
three | triplet |
(cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as ; This many dots (•••).
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(of a set or group) Having three elements.
The digit/figure 3.
Anything measuring three units, as length.
A person who is three years old.
The playing card featuring three pips.
A group of three.
One of a group of three.
One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.
(music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
(physics) A triquark.
As nouns the difference between three and triplet
is that three is the digit/figure 3 while triplet is a group of three.As a numeral three
is (cardinal) a numerical value after two and before four represented in arabic digits as ; this many dots (•••).three
English
(wikipedia three)Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Numeral
(head)- Venters began to count them—one—two—three —four—on up to sixteen.
Synonyms
* (numerical value) leash, tether (dialectal)See also
*Noun
(en noun)- Put all the threes in a separate container.
- All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
