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Definition of TRIAD

Triad
Triad Tri"ad, n. [L. trias, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, fr.?, ?, three: cf. F. triade. See Three, and cf. Trias, Trio.] 1. A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities. 2. (Mus.) (a) A chord of three notes. (b) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave. 3. (Chem.) An element or radical whose valence is three. Triads of the Welsh bards, poetical histories, in which the facts recorded are grouped by threes, three things or circumstances of a kind being mentioned together. Hindu triad. See Trimurti.

Meaning of TRIAD from wikipedia

- Look up triad, triads, triade, or triades in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Triad or triade may refer to: a group of three Trichotomy (philosophy),...
- The dark triad is a psychological theory of personality, first published by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, that describes three notably...
- A triad (traditional Chinese: 三合會; simplified Chinese: 三合会; Jyutping: saam1 hap6 wui6; Cantonese Yale: sāam hahp wúi; pinyin: sān hé huì) is a Chinese...
- sap sei kei, [sap̚sɛjkɛj]) is a triad group based in Hong Kong but active internationally. It is the second largest triad group in the world with around...
- A nuclear triad is a three-pronged military force structure of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles...
- Rise of the Triad: Dark War is a first-person shooter video game, developed and published by Apogee Software (now 3D Realms) in 1995. The player can choose...
- The Macdonald triad (also known as the triad of sociopathy or the homicidal triad) is a set of three factors, the presence of any two of which are considered...
- Look up triadic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Triadic may refer to: Triad (music) Triadic patent, a series of corresponding patents Triadic reciprocal...
- In music, a triad is a set of three notes (or "pitch classes") that can be stacked vertically in thirds. Triads are the most common chords in Western...
- In music theory, a diminished triad is a triad consisting of two minor thirds above the root. It is a minor triad with a lowered (flattened) fifth. When...