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triad

[trahy-ad, -uhd] / ˈtraɪ æd, -əd /


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For the first time it publicly confirmed Beijing's "nuclear triad" of air, submarine and land capabilities.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

This will provide needed targeting flexibility and increase the value of the most ready and responsive leg of our triad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

And mind you, my old service “owns” two legs of America’s nuclear triad.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

Artists, mass media, infrastructure — the thriving triad was extraordinary to watch erupt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Just as we might call Dunstaple’s contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer the father of English literature, so we should call John Dunstaple the father of the triad, and therefore of the Western harmonic system.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall