triad

[Tri·ad]

A triad is three things or people considered as one unit. A triad is a trio.

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A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.

Noun
a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones

Noun
three people considered as a unit

Noun
a set of three similar things considered as a unit

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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

n.
A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.

n.
A chord of three notes.

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The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave.

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An element or radical whose valence is three.

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. -- Hindoo triad. See Trimurti.

A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.

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