Triad

A triad in simplest terms is defined as a "group of three".

Triad may refer to:

Contents 1 Television, film, music, and literature 1.1 Music 1.2 Television 1.3 Other 2 Video games 3 Philosophy 4 Science and technology 5 Medicine, biology, psychology, and sociology 6 Organizations 7 Business 8 Places 9 Other uses 10 See also

Television, film, music, and literature

Music

• Triad (music), three-note chord consisting of a "root" note together with the third and fifth above it
• Triad (band), a Swedish musical band from the late 1980s
• Triad (album), 1976 album by Spontaneous Combustion
• "Triad" (Pitchshifter song), song by Industrial metal band Pitchshifter from their 1993 album Desensitized
• "Triad" (David Crosby song), 1967 song about a ménage à trois
• "Triad", song by progressive rock band Tool from their 2001 album Lateralus
• Triad, logo of the group 30 Seconds to Mars introduced on the album This is War

Television

• The Triad (Charmed), group of three powerful demons who are the opposites of the Charmed One's in the sense of good and evil in the television series Charmed
• Triiad, alien species from the television series Hypernauts

Other

• Welsh Triads, collections of medieval Welsh legend and history
• Triads of Ireland, triplet proverbs and aphorisms
• Triad (superhero), alias of fictional DC Comics super hero Triplicate Girl
• Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees, 2003 British film directed by Sarjit Bains

Video games

• Rise of the Triad, computer game
• TriadCity, MUD with literary themes

Philosophy

• Thesis, antithesis, synthesis, the triad of German philosophy

Science and technology

• 3 (number)
• Triad (computers), group of three phosphor dots used in some computer monitors
• Triad demand, UK electrical power demand measurement
• Triad (environmental science), management system for environmental cleanup
• Nuclear triad, strategic nuclear arsenal with three legs
• HMS Triad (N53), T-class submarine of the UK Royal Navy
• Dobereiner's Triads, groups of three similar chemical elements

Medicine, biology, psychology, and sociology

• Catalytic triad, biochemical term for three amino acid residues found within some proteases
• Currarino triad, three malformations with a genetic link
• Dark triad, group of three undesirable personality traits
• Macdonald triad, group of sociopathic infantile traits.
• Portal triad, distinctive arrangement in the liver
• Triad (anatomy), structure in skeletal muscles, formed by a T tubule surrounded by sarcoplasmic reticulum
• Triad (relationship), relationship between three people
• Triad (sociology), group of three people as a unit of study
• The economic "triad" of Japan and Southeast Asia, North America, and Western Europe in the theory of triadization
• Triadica, plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae
• Unhappy triad, tearing of one or both of the cruciate ligaments, along with collateral ligament damage and meniscal tear(s)
• A group of three signs or symptoms for diagnosis of various conditions:
  • Beck's triad (cardiology), for cardiac tamponade
  • Beck's cognitive triad, for depression
  • Charcot's triad 1, for multiple sclerosis or
  • Charcot's triad 2, for ascending cholangitis
  • Cushing's triad, for head injuries
  • Dieulafoy's triad, for acute appendicitis
  • Female athlete triad, low energy availability in female athletes
  • Hutchinson's triad, congenital syphilis
  • Meckler's triad, for Boerhaave syndrome
  • Virchow's triad, for venous thrombosis
  • Whipple's triad, for hypoglycemia
  • MacDonald triad, for anti-social personality disorder

Organizations

• Lexington Triad, a group of three fraternities founded at colleges in Lexington, Virginia
• Miami Triad, a group of three fraternities founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
• Syracuse Triad, three women's sororities founded at Syracuse University
• Triad Advertising, Sri Lankan advertising agency
• Triad Broadcasting, US radio station operator
• Triad High School (disambiguation)
• Triad Hospitals, former hospital operator based in Plano, Texas
• Triad Racing Technologies, former NASCAR team
• Triad Securities, a broker-dealer
• Triad Strategies, American lobbying firm
• Triad Theater, in New York City
• Triad (underground society), Chinese organized-crime societies
• Union Triad, a group of three fraternities founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York

Business

• Triad, collective name coined by Kenichi Ohmae for the three developed markets of Japan, North America and Western Europe

Places

• Piedmont Triad, region of North Carolina, USA
• Triadi, village in Thessaloniki, Greece

Other uses

• Triple deity, three deities commonly associated together
• Triad (underground society), a term used to describe many Chinese criminal organisations

See also

• 3 (number)
• 3 (disambiguation)
• Triadic (disambiguation)
• Trichotomy (mathematics)
• Trichotomy (philosophy)
• Third (disambiguation)
• Trio (disambiguation)
• Trinity
• Triplet (disambiguation)
• Triple (disambiguation)
• Triumvirate
• Troika (disambiguation)

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