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Neighbouring vs Triad - What's the difference?

neighbouring | triad |

As an adjective neighbouring

is situated or living nearby or adjacent to.

As a verb neighbouring

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun triad is

a grouping of three.

neighbouring

English

Alternative forms

* neighboring (US )

Adjective

(-)
  • (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (British, Canada)

    • triad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A grouping of three.
  • (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
  • (electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
  • A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.

    • Synonyms

    * (group of three) threesome, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika, triumvirate

    Related terms

    * triadic

    See also

    * monad * dyad * mafia * tong * yakuza * ("triad" on Wikipedia)

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