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Associations to the word «Triad»

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Wiktionary

TRIAD, noun. A grouping of three.
TRIAD, noun. (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
TRIAD, noun. (electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
TRIAD, noun. A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.

Dictionary definition

TRIAD, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
TRIAD, noun. A set of three similar things considered as a unit.
TRIAD, noun. Three people considered as a unit.
TRIAD, noun. A three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats