Definitions for: Triad


[n] a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
[n] three people considered as a unit
[n] a set of three similar things considered as a unit
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: 3, common chord, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, threesome, tierce, trey, trine, trinity, trinity, trio, trio, triplet, triplet, troika

See Also: assemblage, chord, digit, figure, gathering, set, trilogy, Trimurti, triumvirate

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