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UK
/tɹˈaɪæd/
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[ US /ˈtɹaɪˌæd/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹaɪˌæd/ ]
NOUN
- a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
- a set of three similar things considered as a unit
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- three people considered as a unit
How To Use triad In A Sentence
- It is unlikely that the Irish needed explanation of the concept of three persons in one, as triads were central to pre-Christian Celtic religious tradition.
- For example, lithium, sodium, and potassium comprised a triad of soft, highly reactive metals.
- Police sources say part of the racket was connected to so-called ‘car parking jockeys’ - triads who take payments to park restaurant diners' cars - who wanted ‘compensation’ for the use of parking spaces.
- It is a cross plot of industrial R&D spending on the x-axis and so-called triadic patents on the y-axis. Innovation will get the economy moving
- They yield, on the hyper level, two triads, a duad, and a unit. Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements
- Where there is no figure under a note, the convention is that this denotes the most common chord, which Mr Protheroe describes as a root-position chord; i.e a triad with a root note, the third above and the fifth above.
- She is also a psychotherapist in San Francisco who works with couples, triads and other forms of alternative families.
- In a place known as Nine Dragons, as the city's Hungry Ghosts festival burns around him, Bosch puts aside everything he knows and risks everything he has in a desperate bid to outmatch the triad's ferocity. Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly: Book summary
- Musical literacy requires knowledge of major and minor scales, key signatures, intervals and triad spelling.
- Take prompt and professional action in response to intelligence and reports of triad - related activity and crime.