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.
- This triad is responsible for the profits you're enjoying right now.
- I believe that, like the horse-bird-muffin triad, one is not necessarily just a dork, nerd, or geek.
- Coming next to an Anglican Church close to you: the marriage of those in committed long-term triad relationships.
- Rienhoff is still in the midst of this project, which he dubbed his triad transcriptome experiment—the "triad" consisting of mother, father, and offspring.
- Thus _e. g._, the large I shows that the triad on the first tone (in major) is a _major triad_, the small II shows that the triad on the second tone is minor, etc.
- Completing the triad is the intimate Transit Lounge (141 Tai An Road; 86-21-6283-3051), a favorite among Japanese men who come for the swanky red banquettes, loungey vibe and mojitos.
- The old tradition found its way to India (if the Hindus did not borrow the idea from the Greeks); and one of the forms of Mahadeva, the third person of their triad, is entitled “Ardhanárí” = the
- Fortunately, it’s not a long or complicated manual: Nearly every part of a dog’s behavior can be described by employing three concepts I call the triad: instinct versus choice, the seven basic needs, and pain versus pleasure.
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