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[Late Latin trias, triad-, from Greek, the number three.]
triadic tri·ad'ic (trī-ăd'ĭk) adj.triad, in a Greek lyric poem, a group of three stanzas, of which the first two, called strophē and antistrophē, are symmetrical, i.e. correspond in metre, but the third, called the epode, has a different though related metrical form. If the poem consists of more than one triad the epodes, at least in Pindar, correspond with one another, as do all the strophes and antistrophes. This form of composition, which broke the monotony of a long series of similar stanzas, was thought to have been introduced by Stesichorus and followed by Simonides and Pindar. It is generally believed that lyric poetry written in triadic form was sung and danced by a chorus, whereas monodic lyric was usually sung by an individual (see LYRIC POETRY
In medicine, a group of three closely associated structures, or three symptoms that tend to occur together. See also triad response.
1. an element with a valence of three.
2. a group of three similar bodies, or a complex composed of three items or units.
Driving forward is the chief characteristic of western man since the Sumerians. His dread triad of vices is property-holding, voraciousness, and lust.
— Antonio
In music or music theory, a triad is a three-note chord (or, more generally, any set of three notes, pitches, or tones). Because the term originated during the "common practice" period in Western European art music (approximately from 1600 to 1900), it is most commonly associated with tertian diatonic chords having a tonal function. When such a chord is voiced in thirds, its members, ascending from lowest pitched tone to highest, are called:
The function of a given triad is determined primarily by its root tone and the degree of the scale it corresponds to, but also by the quality of the chord (the exact third and fifth).
There are four basic tertian triads: major, minor, diminished and augmented. All but the augmented triad can be derived from the Major (or diatonic) scale. Triads (and all other larger tertian chords) are built by combining or stacking every other tone the scale above each individual degree (or scale-tone) of the given seven-tone scale. The four triads are built of the following intervals:
Primary triads of a diatonic key (major or minor) include the tonic, subdominant, and dominant degree chords, otherwise symbolized: I, IV, and V respectively.
In the twentieth century, the term triad was broadened (by Howard Hanson, for example, in his Harmonic Materials of Modern Music: Resources of the Tempered Scale[1], by Carleton Gamer in his "Some Combinational Resources of Equal-Tempered Systems"[2] and by others) to include three-note chords made of intervals other than thirds. We can speak thus of quartal triads, secundal triads, and so on.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - trehed, samling af tre, treklang
Nederlands (Dutch)
drie-eenheid
Français (French)
n. - (gén, Chim) triade, (Littérat) trio, (Mus) accord parfait
Deutsch (German)
n. - Dreiheit, Dreiklang, Triade
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τριάδα, κινέζικη μαφία, (χημ.) τρισθενές στοιχείο
Português (Portuguese)
n. - tríade (f)
Русский (Russian)
нечто, состоящее из трех частей, (мат.) триада, (муз.) трезвучие, тайное китайское общество преступников
Español (Spanish)
n. - trío, tríada, elemento trivalente
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - triad, tretal, trefald, treenighet
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
三人一组, 三合一, 三件一套, 三和弦
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 三人一組, 三合一, 三件一套, 三和弦
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 3인조, 세 개 한 벌, 3가 원소
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 三つ組, 三つ組元素
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مجموعه من ثلاثه أشخاص أو أشسياء
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שלישייה, חוט משולש
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