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duad

American  
[doo-ad, dyoo-] / ˈdu æd, ˈdju- /

noun

  1. a group of two; couple; pair.


duad British  
/ ˈdjuːæd /

noun

  1. a rare word for pair 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of duad

1650–60; < Latin duo two + -ad 1

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From the monad proceeds an indefinite duad, which is subordinate to the monad as to its cause.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Edward Huntington Williams

Soul in progress changes from monad to duad; results, 438-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

That from the monad and the indefinite duad proceed numbers.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Edward Huntington Williams

On the meta level the contained bodies, a triplet, Mg a, a septet, Mg b, and a duad, Mg c, are set free from each globe, thus yielding one hundred and eight meta compounds.

From Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements by A. P. Sinnett

From the monad and the duad proceed numbers, and from numbers signs, and from these lines, of which plain figures consist.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

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