Triad or triade may refer to: * a group of three

Businesses and organisations

* Triad (American fraternities), certain historic groupings of seminal college fraternities in North America * Triad (organized crime), a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate *

Triad Broadcasting Triad Broadcasting Company, LLC was an owner of radio stations in small and medium markets in the United States. It is based in Monterey, California. At the end of November 2012, Triad announced the sale of its 32 radio stations in 5 markets to L ...

, an American radio station operator *

Triad High School (disambiguation) Triad High School may refer to: *Triad High School (Illinois) *Triad High School (North Lewisburg, Ohio) Triad High School is a public high school in North Lewisburg, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Triad Local School District. Ohio High ...

, several uses * Triad Hospitals, an American hospital operator * Triad International, a multi-national private investment corporation *

Triad Racing Technologies Triad Racing Technologies is a body parts and chassis supplier for NASCAR teams that runs under the Toyota manufacturer. The company was originally formed as Triad Racing Development before it was merged in late 2008 with Bill Davis Racing by M ...

, a body parts and chassis supplier for NASCAR teams * Triad Securities, a finance company * Triad Strategies, an American lobbying firm * Triad Theater, a performing arts venue in New York City

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* The Triad (''Charmed''), fictional characters in the TV series * Triad (superhero), alias of DC Comics' Luornu Durgo

Film and television

* ''Triad'' (film), a 1938 German film * ''

Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees ''Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees'' is a 2003 British crime film directed by Sarjit Bains, telling the story of a hitman working in London. The film stars real life ex-gangster and underworld don Dave Courtney. Brainchild of Manish Patel, who ...

'', a 2003 British film * ''Triad'', a 2012 Hong Kong film starring

William Chan William Chan Wai-ting (born 21 November 1985) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. In 2003, he participated in New Talent Singing Awards where he won several awards. He was then signed under Emperor Entertainment Group. He began his singin ...

Set Theory

A Triad is a Set with Three Elements. See: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Triad.html

Music

* Triad (music), chord consisting of root, third and fifth * ''The Triad'' (album), by Pantha du Prince, 2016 * Triad (band), a Swedish music group * "Triad", a track on Enya's 1987 album '' Enya'' * "Triad" (Pitchshifter song), 1993 * "Triad" (David Crosby song), 1967 * "Triad", a song by Tool from their 2001 album '' Lateralus'' * “Triad”, a song by ''

Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to ac ...

'' from their 1968 album “Crown Of Creation”

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Triad'', a 2013 video game by

Anna Anthropy Anna Anthropy is an American video game designer, role-playing game designer, and interactive fiction author whose works include ''Mighty Jill Off'' and '' Dys4ia''. She is the game designer in residence at the DePaul University College of Comp ...

* ''Triad'' (sculpture), a 1980 outdoor sculpture by Evelyn Franz * Welsh Triads, collections of medieval Welsh legend and history * Triads of Ireland, a collection of Old Irish writings

Science and technology

* Triad (anatomy), structure in skeletal muscles, formed by a T tubule surrounded by sarcoplasmic reticulum * Triad (computing), 3 bits of information storage * Triad (environmental science), management system for environmental cleanup * Triad (monitors), group of three phosphor dots used in some computer monitors * Triad, a brand name of the combination medication butalbital/acetaminophen *

List of medical triads, tetrads, and pentads A medical triad is a group of three signs or symptoms, the result of injury to three organs, which characterise a specific medical condition. The appearance of all three signs conjoined together in another patient, points to that the patient has t ...

Other uses

* Triad (religion), a grouping of three gods *

Triad (relationship) Triad or triade may refer to: * a group of three Businesses and organisations * Triad (American fraternities), certain historic groupings of seminal college fraternities in North America * Triad (organized crime), a Chinese transnational orga ...

, or ''ménage à trois'' *

Triad (sociology) Triad refers to a group of three people in sociology. It is one of the simplest human groups that can be studied and is mostly looked at by microsociology. The study of triads and dyads was pioneered by German sociologist Georg Simmel at the en ...

, a group of three people as a unit of study *

The Triad (mountain) The Triad is a mountain with three peaks located in the North Cascades, in Skagit County, Washington, Skagit County of Washington (U.S. state), Washington state. Situated in North Cascades National Park, The Triad is positioned west of the ...

, in Washington, U.S. *

Trichotomy (philosophy) A trichotomy is a three-way classificatory division. Some philosophers pursued trichotomies. History Important trichotomies discussed by Aquinas include the causal principles (agent, patient, act), the potencies for the intellect (imagination ...

, often called triads * HMS ''Triad'' (N53), T-class submarine of the UK Royal Navy * Piedmont Triad, or simply the Triad, a region of North Carolina, U.S. *

Triad Islands Triad Islands () is a group of three small islands lying 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Chavez Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934–37. The name given ...

, in Antarctica * A nuclear triad