# Triad

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**Triad** or **triade** may refer to:

- a group of [three](/source/3)

## Humanities

- [Trichotomy (philosophy)](/source/Trichotomy_(philosophy)), often called triads
- [Triad (sociology)](/source/Triad_(sociology)), a group of three people as a unit of study
- [Triad (relationship)](/source/Triad_(relationship)), or *ménage à trois*
- [Dark triad](/source/Dark_triad), theory of offensive personality

## Music

- [Triad (music)](/source/Triad_(music)), chord consisting of root, third and fifth

## Science and technology

- [Triad (anatomy)](/source/Triad_(anatomy)), structure in skeletal muscles, formed by a T tubule surrounded by sarcoplasmic reticulum
- [Triad (computing)](/source/Triad_(computing)), 3 bits of information storage
- [Triad (environmental science)](/source/Triad_(environmental_science)), management system for environmental cleanup
- [Triad (monitors)](/source/Triad_(monitors)), group of three phosphor dots used in some computer monitors
- [List of medical triads, tetrads, and pentads](/source/List_of_medical_triads,_tetrads,_and_pentads)
- [Nuclear triad](/source/Nuclear_triad)
- Triad, a brand name of the combination medication [butalbital/acetaminophen](/source/Butalbital/acetaminophen)
- The [TRIAD Method](/source/Triad_method) for determining spacecraft attitude

## Religion

- [Triad (religion)](/source/Triad_(religion)), a grouping of three gods

## Businesses and organisations

- [Triad (American fraternities)](/source/Triad_(American_fraternities)), certain historic groupings of seminal college fraternities in North America
- [Triad (organized crime)](/source/Triad_(organized_crime)), a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate
- [TRIAD Berlin](/source/TRIAD_Berlin), a German exhibit design company
- [Triad Broadcasting](/source/Triad_Broadcasting), an American radio station operator
- [Triad GSI](/source/Triad_GSI), an American voting machine company
- [Triad High School (disambiguation)](/source/Triad_High_School_(disambiguation)), several uses
- [Triad Hospitals](/source/Triad_Hospitals), an American hospital operator
- [Triad International](/source/Triad_International), a multi-national private investment corporation
- [Triad Racing Technologies](/source/Triad_Racing_Technologies), a body parts and chassis supplier for NASCAR teams
- [Triad Securities](/source/Triad_Securities), a finance company
- [Triad Theater](/source/Triad_Theater), a performing arts venue in New York City

## Places

- [The Triad (mountain)](/source/The_Triad_(mountain)), in Washington, U.S.
- [Piedmont Triad](/source/Piedmont_Triad), or simply the Triad, a region of North Carolina, U.S.
- [Triad Islands](/source/Triad_Islands), in Antarctica

## Arts and entertainment

- [Triads (Gregory Palamas)](/source/Triads_(Gregory_Palamas)), a set of nine treatises by 14th-century Byzantine Greek theologian St. Gregory Palamas
- *Triad*, a 2013 video game by [Anna Anthropy](/source/Anna_Anthropy)
- [*Triad* (sculpture)](/source/Triad_(sculpture)), a 1980 outdoor sculpture by Evelyn Franz
- [Welsh Triads](/source/Welsh_Triads), collections of medieval Welsh legend and history
- [Triads of Ireland](/source/Triads_of_Ireland), a collection of Old Irish writings
- [*The Triad* (magazine)](/source/The_Triad_(magazine)) (1915–1927), Australian arts magazine

### Fictional characters

- [The Triad (*Charmed*)](/source/Triad_(Charmed)), fictional characters in the TV series
- [Triad (superhero)](/source/Triad_(superhero)), alias of DC Comics' Luornu Durgo

### Film and television

- [*Triad* (film)](/source/Triad_(film)), a 1938 German film
- *Triad*, a 2012 Hong Kong film starring [William Chan](/source/William_Chan)

### Music

- [*The Triad* (album)](/source/The_Triad_(album)), by Pantha du Prince, 2016
- [Triad (band)](/source/Triad_(band)), a Swedish music group
- "Triad", a track on Enya's 1987 album *[Enya](/source/Enya_(album))*
- ["Triad" (Pitchshifter song)](/source/Triad_(Pitchshifter_song)), 1993
- ["Triad" (David Crosby song)](/source/Triad_(David_Crosby_song)), 1967
- "Triad", a song by Tool from their 2001 album *[Lateralus](/source/Lateralus)*
- “Triad”, a song by *[Jefferson Airplane](/source/Jefferson_Airplane)* from their 1968 album “Crown Of Creation”

## Other

- [HMS *Triad* (N88)](/source/HMS_Triad_(N88)), headquarters ship of the British navy in the Persian Gulf
- [HMS *Triad* (N53)](/source/HMS_Triad_(N53)), T-class submarine of the UK Royal Navy

## See also

- [3 (disambiguation)](/source/3_(disambiguation))
- [Third (disambiguation)](/source/Third_(disambiguation))
- [Triadic (disambiguation)](/source/Triadic_(disambiguation))
- [Trichotomy (disambiguation)](/source/Trichotomy_(disambiguation))
- [Trinity (disambiguation)](/source/Trinity_(disambiguation))
- [Trio (disambiguation)](/source/Trio_(disambiguation))
- [Tripartite (disambiguation)](/source/Tripartite_(disambiguation))
- [Triple (disambiguation)](/source/Triple_(disambiguation))
- [Triplet (disambiguation)](/source/Triplet_(disambiguation))
- [Troika (disambiguation)](/source/Troika_(disambiguation))
- [Triadi](/source/Triadi), a village in Thessaloniki, Greece
- [Triadization](/source/Triadization), a proposed alternative to the theory of globalization
- [Triiad](/source/Triiad), a fictional entity in TV series *Hypernauts*
- [Triumvirate](/source/Triumvirate)
- [Dyad (disambiguation)](/source/Dyad_(disambiguation)) ("group of 2")
- [Tetrad (disambiguation)](/source/Tetrad_(disambiguation)) ("group of 4")
- [Hendiatris](/source/Hendiatris), figure of speech

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