Found 3 items, similar to Triads.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: triad
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: triad
triad
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn:
three,
3,
III,
trio,
threesome,
tierce,
leash,
troika,
trine,
trinity,
ternary,
ternion,
triplet,
tercet,
terzetto,
trey,
deuce-ace]
2: a set of three similar things considered as a unit [syn:
trio,
triplet]
3: three people considered as a unit [syn:
trio,
threesome,
trinity]
4: a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and
fifth tones [syn:
common chord]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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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.
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3. (Chem.) An element or radical whose valence is three.
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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.
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