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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Triad \Tri"ad\, noun [L. trias, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, fr.?, ?, three: cf. F. triade. See {Three}, and cf. {Trias}, {Trio}.]
1. A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.
2. (Mus.) (a) A chord of three notes. (b) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave.
3. (Chem.) An element or radical whose valence is three.
{Triads of the Welsh bards}, poetical histories, in which the facts recorded are grouped by threes, three things or circumstances of a kind being mentioned together.
{Hindu triad}. See {Trimurti}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
triad
noun
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce}, {leash}, {troika}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion}, {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
2: a set of three similar things considered as a unit [syn: {trio}, {triplet}]
3: three people considered as a unit [syn: {trio}, {threesome}, {trinity}]
4: a 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones [syn: {common chord}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "triad": arpeggio, broken chord, chord, clover, common chord, concento, concord, consonant chord, deuce-ace, diminished seventh chord, dominant chord, enharmonic, leash, major triad, minor chord, set of three, seventh chord, shamrock, sixth chord, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, tonic triad, trefoil, trey, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triune, triunity, trivet, troika, unbroken chord
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