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triad

noun
/ˈtɹaɪ.æd/

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek τριάς (triás). By surface analysis, tri- + -ad. Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to the word being applied by the British authorities to underground society in Hong Kong based on the geometry of the Chinese character, derived from a name used by some of those societies, 三合會 /三合会 (sānhéhuì, “Three Harmonies Society”), referring to the union between heaven, earth, and humanity.

  1. derived from τριάς
  2. derived from triad-

Definitions

  1. A grouping of three.

    • Later artworks showed many animals and gods, some of which were clearly identified with heavenly body. They often included the symbolic triad of Sun, Moon, and Venus.
    • There are, says the Irish triad, 'three fewnesses that are better than plenty: a fewness of fine words; a fewness of cows on grass; a fewness of good friends around good ale'. As an Ulsterman I would agree.

  2. A word of three syllables.

    • In his general deportment he was pompous and important, affecting a species of florid elocution, which often became ridiculous from his misarranging the triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences.

  3. A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and…

      On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.

    2. A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees…

      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.

The neighborhood

Derived

augmented triad, Beck's cognitive triad, Beck's triad, Charcot's cholangitis triad, Charcot's neurologic triad, Charcot's triad, Currarino triad, dark triad, diminished triad, iron triad, Macdonald triad, major triad, Mediterranean triad, Meltzer's triad, minor triad, Murphy's triad, nuclear triad, Osler's triad, perfect triad, portal triad, trauma triad of death, triadic, unhappy triad, Virchow's triad, V triad

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at triad. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at triad. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at triad

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA