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- [trahy-ad, -uh d]
- /ˈtraɪ æd, -əd/
- /ˈtraɪ.æd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [trahy-ad, -uh d]
- /ˈtraɪ æd, -əd/
Definitions of triad word
- noun triad a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things. 1
- noun triad Chemistry. an element, atom, or group having a valence of three. Compare monad (def 2), dyad (def 3). a group of three closely related compounds or elements, as isomers or halides. 1
- noun triad Music. a chord of three tones, especially one consisting of a given tone with its major or minor third and its perfect, augmented, or diminished fifth. 1
- noun triad (initial capital letter) Military. the three categories of strategic-nuclear-weapons delivery systems: bombers, land-based missiles, and missile-firing submarines. 1
- noun triad trio, set of three 1
- countable noun triad The Triads were Chinese secret societies in old China. 0
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Origin of triad
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; < Latin triad- (stem of trias) < Greek triás See tri-, -ad1
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Parts of speech for Triad
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
triad popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
triad usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for triad
noun triad
- attunement — an attuning or act of making harmonious
- chord — A chord is a number of musical notes played or sung at the same time with a pleasing effect.
- concinnity — a harmonious arrangement of parts, esp in literary works, speeches, etc
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
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