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Triad vs Ternion - What's the difference?

triad | ternion |

As nouns the difference between triad and ternion

is that triad is a grouping of three while ternion is the number three; three things together; a ternary or triplet.

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)

    Anagrams

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    ternion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The number three; three things together; a ternary or triplet.
    • (Bishop Hall)

    Related terms

    * (l) (Webster 1913)