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Meaning of couplets

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

couplets

noun

Definitions

  1. A pair of lines with rhyming end words.

  2. A pair of one-way streets which carry opposing directions of traffic through gridded urban areas.

    Example: 5th Street is one-way west only and 6th Street is one-way east only. Together, they form a couplet in Downtown Los Angeles.

  3. A pair of two mutually exclusive choices in a dichotomous key.