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Triptych vs Triplet - What's the difference?

triptych | triplet |

In lang=en terms the difference between triptych and triplet

is that triptych is a picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges while triplet is a group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.

triptych

Alternative forms

* triptich

Noun

(en noun)
  • (arts) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets]] connected by [[hinge, hinges.
  • (philately) A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.
  • Hypernyms

    * (arts) polyptych

    triplet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • See also

    * trio * triptych * twin (coefficient)

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