couplet

noun

  1. 1

    A pair of lines with rhyming end words.

  2. 2

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

    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. 3

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

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