Noun triad has 4 senses
- three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
--1 is a kind of digit, figure
- trio, triad, triplet - a set of three similar things considered as a unit
--2 is a kind of set
--2 has particulars: trilogy; Trimurti; triplicity, trigon
- trio, threesome, triad, trinity - three people considered as a unit
--3 is a kind of gathering, assemblage
--3 has particulars: triumvirate
- common chord, triad - a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
--4 is a kind of chord
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