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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Chem.) An element or radical whose valence is three.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  triad
     n.
     1 A grouping of three.
     2 A word of three syllables.
     3 A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in
  Hong Kong.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  triad
     n.
     1 A grouping of three.
     2 A word of three syllables.
     3 A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in
  Hong Kong.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  triad
     n.
     1 A grouping of three.
     2 A word of three syllables.
     3 A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in
  Hong Kong.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  triad
     n.
     1 A grouping of three.
     2 A word of three syllables.
     3 A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in
  Hong Kong.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  triad
     Englanti n.
     1 kolmen joukko, kolmikko
     2 (yhteys musiikki k=en) kolmisointu
     3 triadi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  triad
     n.
     treenighet; grupp av tre

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  triad
     n.
     treenighet; grupp av tre

From Breton-French FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.8.3 :   [ freedict:bre-fra ]

  triad  (triadoù)
  triplet, trio

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Triad /tɹˈaɪad/
  مجموعة من ثلاثة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  triad //ˈtɹaɪ.æd// 
  тройка
  grouping of three

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  triad /tɹˈaɪad/ 
  triáda

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  triad /tɹˈaɪad/ 
  trojice

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  triad /tɹˈaɪad/
  Dreiklang  [mus.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  triad /tɹˈaɪad/
  Triade 
   see: strategic triad
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  triad //ˈtɹaɪ.æd// 
  1. kolmikko
  grouping of three
  2. kolmisointu
  musical chord
  3. triadi
  underground society

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  triad /tɹˈaɪad/ 
  1. त्रय
        "The act was done by triad."
  2. चीन~के~गुप्त~संघटन~जो~अनुचित~काम~करतें~हैं
        "He was caught by the traid while travelling."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  triad /tɹˈaɪad/
  grupa od tri, trovalentan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  triad /tɹˈaɪad/
  1. triász
  2. három lapból álló csoport
  3. triád
  4. háromvegyértékû gyök
  5. hármashangzat
  6. hármas
  7. hármas csoportosítás
  8. háromvegyértékû elem
  9. hármas tagolás

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  triad //ˈtɹaɪ.æd// 
  三合会
  underground society

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  triad //ˈtɹaɪ.æd// 
  triade, trio
  grouping of three

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  triad //ˈtɹaɪ.æd// 
  1. triad, trio
  grouping of three
  2. treklang
  musical chord
  3. triad
  underground society

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  triad /tɹˈaɪad/
  1. üçlü takım
  2. (müz.) bilhassa birinci ile üçüncü ve beşinci notalardan ibaret uçlük akort, triade
  3. (kim.) üç değerli atom.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɹaɪˌæd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "triad":
     arpeggio, broken chord, chord, clover, common chord, concento,
     concord, consonant chord, deuce-ace, diminished seventh chord,
     dominant chord, enharmonic, leash, major triad, minor chord,
     set of three, seventh chord, shamrock, sixth chord, tercet,
     ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, tonic triad,
     trefoil, trey, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium,
     trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio,
     triphthong, triple, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplopy,
     tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul,
     triumvirate, triune, triunity, trivet, troika, unbroken chord
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 三个一组,三幅一组,三和音;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 三个一组,三幅一组,三和音

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