Thesaurus: triad

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1. n. A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.
2. n. A chord of three notes.
3. n. The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave.
4. n. An element or radical whose valence is three.
5. n. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
6. n. a set of three similar things considered as a unit
7. n. three people considered as a unit
8. n. a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
9. 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. -- Hindoo triad. See Trimurti.
10. An element or radical whose valence is three. Triads of theWelsh bards, poetical histories, in which the facts recorded aregrouped by threes, three things or circumstances of a kind beingmentioned together.-- Hindoo triad. See Trimurti.
11. n:100 n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one n a set of three similar things considered as a unit n three people considered as a unit n a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones