On this view, interpersonal forgiveness is a triadic relation between the wrongdoer, the forgiver, and God.
Thus perception is a triadic relation, rather than simply being a dyadic relation between an object and a perceiver.
In the general case, Bolzano's deducibility is a triadic relation between the premises, the conclusion and the variable ideas.
In Peirce's theory the sign relation is a triadic relation that is a special species of the genus: the representing relation.
To be more precise, a sign, as it was pointed out already in Augustine's definition, is a triadic relation, such that it is — in principle — a sign of something to someone.
Freedom is therefore a triadic relation — that is, a relation between three things: an agent, certain preventing conditions, and certain doings or becomings of the agent.
Semiotic symbols are defined by a triadic relation between forms, meanings and referents, thus having an implicit relation to the real world.
Simultaneously performing a torque measurement of the rotating cylinder with flow velocimetry, the spatiotemporal fluid response is converted into a triadic relation among shear rate, shear strain, and shear stress.
Relations can be divided into various categories depending on how many relata they involve: a binary or dyadic relation involves two relata (e.g., a is to the left of b); a triadic relation (e.g., a is between b and c) involves three relata and so on.
The definition of freedom as a triadic relation was first put forward in the seminal work of Felix Oppenheim in the 1950s and 60s.
