triadic

English

Etymology tree

English triad

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English triadic

From triad + -ic.

triadic (not comparable)

Of or relating to a triad.
1. (mathematics) Having an arity of three; taking three arguments or operands.
(obsolete) Trivalent.
(translation studies) Being or relating to interpreting that involves three parties, i.e. the two clients and the interpreter.
- 2008, Candace Séguinot, edited by John Kearns, Translator and Interpreter Training: Issues, Methods and Debates, Continuum International Publishing Group, page 13:
  The notion that one is doing a worthwhile job and the interpretation of just what kinds of intervention are possible are key in the issues of triadic interpreting...