triad

/ˈtɹaɪ.æd/

noun

  1. 1

    A grouping of three.

  2. 2

    A word of three syllables.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.

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