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A triad, meaning a "group of three". Triad or triade may refer to:

Associations

  • Triad (organized crime), Chinese organized-crime societies
  • 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 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
  • Union Triad, a group of three fraternities founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York

Music

  • Triad (music), a chord consisting of three notes
  • Triad (band), a Swedish musical band from the late 1980s
  • "Triad" (Pitchshifter song), song by Industrial metal band Pitchshifter from their 1993 album Desensitized
  • "Triad" (The Byrds song), 1967 song about a ménage à trois
  • "Triad", song by progressive rock band Tool from their 2001 album Lateralus

Entertainment

Television and film

  • 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
  • Triad (film), a 1938 German film
  • Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees, 2003 British film directed by Sarjit Bains
  • Triiad, alien species from the television series Hypernauts

Video games

Literature

  • Welsh Triads, collections of medieval Welsh legend and history
  • Triads of Ireland, triplet proverbs and aphorisms
  • The three parts of the Pindaric ode: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode

Philosophy and religion

Politics and economics

  • Economic "triad" of Japan and Southeast Asia, North America, and Western Europe in the theory of triadization

Psychology and sociology

  • Beck's cognitive triad, types of negative thought present in depression
  • Dark triad, group of three undesirable personality traits
  • MacDonald triad, group of sociopathic infantile traits for anti-social personality disorder
  • Triad (relationship), relationship between three people, related to polyamory
  • Triad (sociology), group of three people as a unit of study

Science and technology

  • CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity and availability), core principles of information security
  • Triad (monitors), group of three phosphor dots used in some computer monitors
  • Triad (computing), a 3-bit group
  • Triad demand, UK electrical power demand measurement
  • Triad (environmental science), management system for environmental cleanup
  • HMS Triad (N53), T-class submarine of the UK Royal Navy
  • Döbereiner's triads, groups of three similar chemical elements
    • Iron triad, the elements iron, cobalt and nickel

Biology and medicine

  • Catalytic triad, biochemical term for three amino acid residues found within some proteases
  • Currarino triad, three malformations with a genetic link
  • Triadica, plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae
  • Portal triad, distinctive arrangement in the liver
  • Triad (anatomy), structure in skeletal muscles, formed by a T tubule surrounded by sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • Unhappy triad, tearing of one or both of the cruciate ligaments, along with collateral ligament damage and meniscal tear(s)
  • Medical triad, a group of three signs or symptoms for diagnosis of various conditions:
    • Beck's triad (cardiology), for cardiac tamponade
    • Charcot's neurologic triad, for multiple sclerosis
    • Charcot's cholangitis triad, 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
    • Trauma triad of death, the combination of hypothermia, acidosis and coagulopathy often seen in severe trauma cases
    • Virchow's triad, for venous thrombosis
    • Whipple's triad, for hypoglycemia
    • Samter's triad, also known as aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease, also known as:
      • Acetylsalicylic acid triad
      • Francis' triad
      • Triad asthma
      • Widal's triad

Other

  • Nuclear triad, the strategy of a nation's nuclear delivery being in three ways: land, sea, and air systems
  • Triad (superhero), alias of fictional DC Comics super hero Triplicate Girl
  • Piedmont Triad, region of North Carolina, USA
  • The Triad (mountain), a triple-summit in the Cascade Range
  • Triad (sculpture), an outdoor sculpture originally completed in 1980 by German American artist Evelyn Franz

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