Trine vs Triad - What's the difference?
trine | triad | Synonyms |
Triple, threefold.
(astrology) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
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A group of three things.
* Elizabeth Browning
An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
(astrology) To put in the aspect of a trine.
* Dryden
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.
Triad is a synonym of trine.
As nouns the difference between trine and triad
is that trine is a group of three things while triad is a grouping of three.As an adjective trine
is triple, threefold.As a verb trine
is to put in the aspect of a trine.trine
English
Adjective
(-)- The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […].
Noun
(en noun)- A single trine of brazen tortoises.
Verb
- By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined .
