Tricolon

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A tricolon (pl. tricola) is a sentence with three clearly defined parts (cola) of equal length, usually independent clauses.

Veni, vidi, vici

— (Julius Caesar)

"I came; I saw; I conquered."
However, the English is not a true tricolon, for its verbs are not all the same length, as is the case in the Latin.

A tricolon that comprises parts that increase in word length is called a tricolon crescens, or an ascending tricolon.
A tricolon that comprises parts that decrease in word length is called a tricolon diminuens, or a descending tricolon.