Triad

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Triad or triade may refer to:

  • a group of three

Humanities

  • Trichotomy (philosophy), often called triads
  • Triad (sociology), a group of three people as a unit of study
  • Triad (relationship), or ménage à trois

Music

  • Triad (music), chord consisting of root, third and fifth

Science and technology

  • Triad (anatomy), structure in skeletal muscles, formed by a T tubule surrounded by sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • Triad (computing), 3 bits of information storage
  • Triad (environmental science), management system for environmental cleanup
  • Triad (monitors), group of three phosphor dots used in some computer monitors
  • List of medical triads, tetrads, and pentads
  • A nuclear triad
  • Triad, a brand name of the combination medication butalbital/acetaminophen

Religion

  • Triad (religion), a grouping of three gods

As a proper name

Businesses and organisations

  • Triad (American fraternities), certain historic groupings of seminal college fraternities in North America
  • Triad (organized crime), a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate
  • Triad Broadcasting, an American radio station operator
  • Triad High School (disambiguation), several uses
  • Triad Hospitals, an American hospital operator
  • Triad International, a multi-national private investment corporation
  • Triad Racing Technologies, a body parts and chassis supplier for NASCAR teams
  • Triad Securities, a finance company
  • Triad Strategies, an American lobbying firm
  • Triad Theater, a performing arts venue in New York City

Places

  • The Triad (mountain), in Washington, U.S.
  • Piedmont Triad, or simply the Triad, a region of North Carolina, U.S.
  • Triad Islands, in Antarctica

Arts and entertainment

  • Triads (Gregory Palamas), a set of nine treatises by 14th-century Byzantine Greek theologian St. Gregory Palamas
  • Triad, a 2013 video game by Anna Anthropy
  • Triad (sculpture), a 1980 outdoor sculpture by Evelyn Franz
  • Welsh Triads, collections of medieval Welsh legend and history
  • Triads of Ireland, a collection of Old Irish writings

Fictional characters

  • The Triad (Charmed), fictional characters in the TV series
  • Triad (superhero), alias of DC Comics' Luornu Durgo

Film and television

  • Triad (film), a 1938 German film
  • Triad, a 2012 Hong Kong film starring William Chan

Music

  • The Triad (album), by Pantha du Prince, 2016
  • Triad (band), a Swedish music group
  • "Triad", a track on Enya's 1987 album Enya
  • "Triad" (Pitchshifter song), 1993
  • "Triad" (David Crosby song), 1967
  • "Triad", a song by Tool from their 2001 album Lateralus
  • “Triad”, a song by Jefferson Airplane from their 1968 album “Crown Of Creation”

Other

  • HMS Triad (N53), T-class submarine of the UK Royal Navy

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Triad
  • All pages with titles containing Triad
  • 3 (disambiguation)
  • Third (disambiguation)
  • Triadic (disambiguation)
  • Trichotomy (disambiguation)
  • Trinity (disambiguation)
  • Trio (disambiguation)
  • Triple (disambiguation)
  • Triplet (disambiguation)
  • Troika (disambiguation)
  • Triadi, a village in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Triadization, a proposed alternative to the theory of globalization
  • Triiad, a fictional entity in TV series Hypernauts
  • Triumvirate
  • Dyad (disambiguation) ("group of 2")
  • Tetrad (disambiguation) ("group of 4")
  • Hendiatris, figure of speech
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