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   Triad
   A triad is a Chinese secret society. Originally a Buddhist cult they are now crime organisation.
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   Triad
   The strophe, antistrophe and epode of a Pindaric ode. See ode.
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   the triad consists of Atma-Buddhi-Manas, and is the reincarnating man. It is the upper third of the Septenary; which see. Its symbol is an equilateral triangle.
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   a social group with three members
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   A three-note chord with intervals of thirds in root inversions
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   Three notes, each spaced a third apart
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   A unit of quantity equal to three. See also: Triple.
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   In religion and mythology, a group of three associated gods. The Hindu Triad (Trimurti) consists of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; the Christian Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Triads occur in...
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   Secret society, founded in China as a Buddhist cult AD 36. It became known as the Triad because the triangle played a significant part...
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    A group of three elements whose chemical and physical properties aresomewhat related.
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    refers to the arrangement in skeletal muscle of a T-tubule between two terminal cisternae of the sarcoplasmic reticulum
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    ICBM,SLBM,strategic bombers Category: Defense • a group of three characters or bits Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • trivalent Category: Medicine • a group of three identical or closely related objects,signs or symptoms Category: Medicine • (Europe,USA,Japan-economy/politics) Category: General
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    (= triad junction) The junction between the T tubules and the sarcoplasmic reticulum in striated muscle.
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    The junction between the T tubules and the sarcoplasmic reticulum in striated muscle. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    noun a set of three similar things considered as a unit
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    A `triad`, a group of three, may refer to: *Triad (symbol), Pythagorean symbol for the number three *Triplism in religion and mythology *Welsh Triads, collections of Medieval Welsh legend and history *Triad (music), set of three notes, most commonly forming a diatonic tertian chord *Triad (relationship), term for a relationship between three people *Triad (sociology), term for a group of three people as a unit of study Placenames *The Piedmont T...
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    (tri´ad) an element with a valence of three. a group of three similar bodies, or a complex composed of three items or units.
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    • (n.) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave. • (n.) An element or radical whose valence is three. • (n.) A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities. • (n.) A chord of three notes.
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    (from the article `China`) A new form of social organization, based on sworn brotherhood, emerged among male sojourners in southeast China in the late 18th century. The Triad ...
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    (from the article `muscle`) In most vertebrates each transverse tubule has two cisternae closely associated with it, forming a three-element complex called a triad. The number ...
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    (from the article `Egyptian religion`) The most common grouping, principally in the New Kingdom and later, was the triad. The archetypal triad of Osiris, Isis, and Horus exhibits the ...
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    in chemistry, any of several sets of three chemically similar elements, the atomic weight of one of which is approximately equal to the mean of the ... [1 related articles]
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    in music, a chord made up of three tones, called chord factors, of the diatonic scale: root, third, and fifth. The system of diatonic triads is the ... [1 related articles]
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    triad 1. A group or set of three (persons, things, words, attributes, etc.); three collectively or in connexion. 2. Applied to the Trinity. 3. A group of three associated or correlated deities, beings, or powers. 4. A set of three things; especially, in geometry, of three points. 5. A union or conjunction of three; a group or class of three close...
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    Triad
    1. Europe, North America, and Japan. 2. The EU, the U.S., and Japan.
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