triad
IPA: trˈaɪæd
noun
- A grouping of three.
- A word of three syllables.
- A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
- (electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
- (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
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Examples of "triad" in Sentences
- It's based off the triad arpeggio.
- The researcher uses the triad method.
- The film is part of the Black Triad trilogy.
- The most common example is the melodic triad.
- The Elephantine Triad included Satis and Anuket.
- The most popular arpeggio is the triad arpeggio.
- Terrified, the triad retreats back to the surface.
- The fifth of the triad is the root of the thirteenth chord.
- Melqart is the son of El in the Phoenician triad of worship.
- It is a triad process of the thesis, antithesis and synthesis.