triad
/ˈtɹaɪ.æd/
noun
- 1
A grouping of three.
- 2
A word of three syllables.
- 3
A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
- 4
On a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
- 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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