Tercet

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tercet \Ter"cet\, n. [F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo,
     third, L. tertius. See {Tierce}, and cf. {Terzetto}.]
     1. (Mus.) A triplet. --Hiles.
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     2. (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three lines.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tercet
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
           [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
            {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary},
            {ternion}, {triplet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]