TERZA-RIMA
\tˈɜːzəɹˈiːmə], \tˈɜːzəɹˈiːmə], \t_ˈɜː_z_ə_ɹ_ˈiː_m_ə]\
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ter'tsa-r[=e]'ma, n. a form of Italian triplet in iambic decasyllables, in which the middle line of the first triplet rhymes with the first and third lines of the next triplet, as in Dante's Divina Commedia and Longfellow's translation of it.--n. TERZET'TO, a musical composition for three voices. [It., terza, fem. of terzo, third, rima, rhyme.]
By Thomas Davidson