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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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They yield, on the hyper level, two triads, a duad, and a unit.

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

Spiritual beings, emanating from God, are enveloped in the duad, and therefore receive only illusory impressions.

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

It would be interesting to know why this duad remains as a duad in selenium and breaks up into a septad and triad in the other members of the group.

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

That from the monad and the indefinite duad proceed numbers.

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

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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