TRIADS

Noun

triads

plural of triad

Anagrams

• Astrid, TARDIS, Tardis, iTards, tardis

Source: Wiktionary


TRIAD

Tri"ad, n. Etym: [L.trias, -adis, Gr. triade. See Three, and cf. Trias, Trio.]

1. A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.

2. (Mus.) (a) A chord of three notes. (b) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave.

3. (Chem.)

Definition: An element or radical whose valence is three. Triads of the Welsh bards, poetical histories, in which the facts recorded are grouped by threes, three things or circumstances of a kind being mentioned together.

– Hindoo triad. See Trimurti.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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