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triadic

triadic

6.9
Having three parts or people working together
  • adjective
  • /traɪˈædɪk/
translation icon : 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
24 3.9

Involving three people, groups or parts

applies to general composition of three parts not just actions
threefold
vstriadic
3 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
trivalent
vstriadic
  • Specialized
7.9

Having three parts or types

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

Divided into three separate parts

means simply consisting of three parts without requiring clear division
triune
vstriadic
  • Specialized
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

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.