tercet

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The sestet continues in the first tercet, cde_, the thought or feeling in a new direction or from a new point of view, and in the second, cde_, brings it to a full conclusion.

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  1. noun A group of three lines of verse, often rhyming together or with another triplet.
  2. noun Music See triplet.

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  1. French, from Italian terzetto, from diminutive of terzo, third, from Latin tertius; see trei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French tercet, diminutive of tiers, third: see terce, tierce.
 

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/ˈtərsɛt/
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