triadic

adjective

tri·​ad·​ic (ˈ)trī¦adik 

-dēk

: having the characteristics of or constituting a triad : consisting of or involving a triad

a triadic poem

The song's harmony is mostly triadic.

the triadic nature of color vision

—Medical Physics

an erudite triadic biography of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin

—R. A. Bauer

suggested the use of triadic definitions in which the verbal symbol is made responsible both to an object or field of objects and to a detailed description of the objects

—C. W. Shumaker

thus language involves what logicians call a triadic relation. There is the speaker, the thing said, and the one spoken to

—John Dewey

triadically

-də̇k(ə)lē 

-dēk-, 

-li

adverb

Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for triadic

• dyadic
• faradic
• monadic
• nomadic
• sporadic
• haddock
• paddock