triad : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: triad	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
triad n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one Synonym(s): three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace a set of three similar things considered as a unit Synonym(s): trio, triad, triplet, triple three people considered as a unit Synonym(s): trio, threesome, triad, trinity a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones Synonym(s): common chord, triad
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}.