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triad

/ˈtɹaɪ.æd/ · noun

Meaning

  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.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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