three-ply vs triadic

three-ply

adj
  • Having three strands or layers 

noun
  • Yarn having three strands 

triadic

adj
  • Having an arity of three; taking three arguments or operands. 

  • Of or relating to a triad. 

  • Being or relating to interpreting that involves three parties, i.e. the two clients and the interpreter. 

How often have the words three-ply and triadic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )