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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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}]




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