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ˈtrʌɪad/
n.
- a group or set of three connected people or things.
▸a chord of three musical notes, consisting of a given note with the third and fifth above it.
▸a Welsh form of literary composition with an arrangement of subjects or statements in groups of three.
- a Chinese secret society involved in organized crime.
▸a member of such a society.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from Fr. triade, or via late L. from Gk trias, triad-, from treis ‘three’.
