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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
any set of three different pitch classes
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A musical instrument with three strings, such as a lyre or harp.
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noun
The three strings of a note on a piano that are tuned as a unison.
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English chord English trichord From tri- + chord.
