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tercet

Noun

ter=cet

WORDNET DICTIONARY

tercet(n = noun.quantity) 3, deuce-ace, iii, leash, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one; Array

is a kind of digit, figure

tercet, n. [F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo, third, L. tertius. See Tierce, and cf. Terzetto.].

tercet, n. (also tiercet) Prosody a set or group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent triplet.

Etymology

F f. It. terzetto dimin. of terzo third f. L tertius

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