triad
A grouping of threeA grouping of three.
» Tom has the dark triad of personality traits.
Meaning
6 sensesA grouping of three.
Triade
триа́даtriáda
three people considered as a unit
A grouping of three.
A romantic or sexual relationship between three individuals; a throuple.
A word of three syllables.
A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
Triade
триа́даtriáda
On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale OR any chord with three notes.
Dreiklang
Examples
5 sentencesTom has the dark triad of personality traits.
"Moscow Nights" begins with an E minor triad.
The latest Hong Kong summer blockbuster is not about kung fu fighters, triads or Canto-pop love interests.
He was also dogged by allegations that he had ties to Chinese criminal gangs known as triads, which he denied.
According to Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams, the "dark triad" of personality traits consists of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.
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Forms
plural: triadsSynonyms
25 synonyms- a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones:common chord
- a set of three similar things considered as a unit:triotriplettriple
- three people considered as a unit:triothreesometrinity
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one:three3IIItriothreesometierceleashtroika