The difference between Triad and Triplet

When used as nouns, triad means a grouping of three, whereas triplet means a group of three.


check bellow for the other definitions of Triad and Triplet

  1. Triad as a noun:

    A grouping of three.

  2. Triad as a noun (music):

    A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.

  3. Triad as a noun (electronics):

    on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.

  4. Triad as a noun:

    A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.

  1. Triplet as a noun:

    A group of three.

  2. Triplet as a noun:

    One of a group of three.

  3. Triplet as a noun:

    One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.

  4. Triplet as a noun (music):

    A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.

  5. Triplet as a noun (physics):

    A triquark.

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