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triadic
[ trahy-ad-ik ]
adjective
- being or relating to a triad, or group of three, especially a group of three closely related people or things:
Red and blue form two parts of a triadic color scheme that also includes yellow or a neutral color such as black, gray, or white.
- Music. being or relating to a chord of three tones, especially one consisting of a particular tone with its major or minor third and its perfect, augmented, or diminished fifth:
We can add to this progression by putting a triadic major chord at the beginning of each bar.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triadic1
First recorded in 1780–90; triad ( def ) + -ic ( def )
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Example Sentences
Truth would be a triadic relation, but of a different sort from that expounded by Mr. Russell.
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As the total system falls into three parts, so every part of the system follows the triadic law.
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For Kempe's triadic relation in question can be stated, in what he calls its obverse form, in perfectly symmetrical terms.
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