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triadic

triadic

1 6.9
Having three parts or people working together
  • adjective
  • /traɪˈædɪk/
: triádico
  • In art, a triadic color scheme uses three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel.
  • triadic relation
  • triadic relationship
  • triadic structure

Examples

  • The mind's triadic interrelation of memory, understanding, and will is such a sight.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Bruner makes the connection between the triadic nature of learning and the context in which it occurs.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Each interpretation of the biblical text would thus represent a particular triadic relation among sign, meaning, and interpretation.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The availability of social resources, in turn, depends on the nature of the triadic relationships between class, state, and ulama.

    Academic text (1993)

  • That divorce is also part of this triadic relation of the absurd that he sketched out earlier.

  • Rather, interwar Central Europe was the locus classicus of Brubaker's triadic relationship.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Peirce's core example of a purely triadic relation comes from semiosis, which relates object, sign, and interpretant.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Ryan used the degrees of incompleteness as a criterion for a triadic typology of fictional worlds.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Interestingly, Margaret also finds herself in a triadic relationship between Henry's erotic past and the memory of Ruth Wilcox.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Thus, conflict between the Magyarizing state and Saxon minority particularism created the potential for a triadic relationship with Wilhelmine German homeland nationalism.

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

three-way
vstriadic
63 3.9

Involving three people, groups or parts

applies to general composition of three parts not just actions
threefold
vstriadic
4 4.5

Having three parts or aspects

focuses on consisting of three parts rather than describing character
tripartite
vstriadic
  • Formal
3 7.9

Involving three groups working together

is about having three parts or elements generally rather than made between parties
triune
vstriadic
  • Specialized
3 9.9

Three parts joined as one, usually about God in Christianity

refers to three parts that may be separate rather than fused into one
trivalent
vstriadic
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Having three parts or types

uses the broader sense of involving three parts outside technical contexts
trichotomous
vstriadic
1 9.9

Divided into three separate parts

means simply consisting of three parts without requiring clear division

Surface Forms

triadic positive

Morphology

triadic = triad (transparent) = triad + ic

Clearly formed from the noun 'triad' plus the adjectival suffix '-ic', so the meaning 'relating to three' is directly derived.

Etymology

Triadic comes from the root tri- meaning 'three', like in triangle or tricycle. So a triadic relationship or structure is one that has three parts, people, or elements.