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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

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

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

These matching maps round out a triad of evidence that suggests excess gamma rays in the center of the Milky Way could originate with dark matter.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2025

Now this triad of G yearns to move to the chord lying a fifth below it, C. Adding a seventh to C will make it yearn to move to F, and so on.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The number three speaks to the idea of balance and the mystical idea that certain energies can only be accessed through triads.

From Salon Oct. 19, 2024

Experimenters assigned some triads to go through a bonding session, where they were grouped according to color preferences, given uniforms, and led through an introductory chat session to build familiarity.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

It felt a little bit like middle school, when pairs or triads would declare themselves best friends—a label that, like the label of podmate, comes with expectations of loyalty, and priority.

From Slate Mar. 9, 2021

The government and police denied colluding with triads, with one police commander calling the claims "ridiculous".

From BBC Jul. 22, 2019

What Monteverdi did in his madrigals was to take the idea of triads and chords, and start to mess with their chemistry.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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