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dyad

[dahy-ad]
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noun
  1. a group of two; couple; pair.
  2. Biology.
    1. a secondary morphological unit, consisting of two monads: a chromosome dyad.
    2. the double chromosomes resulting from the separation of the four chromatids of a tetrad.
  3. Chemistry. an element, atom, or group having a valence of two.Compare monad, triad(def 2a).
  4. Mathematics. two vectors with no symbol connecting them, usually considered as an operator.
  5. Sociology.
    1. two persons involved in an ongoing relationship or interaction.
    2. the relationship or interaction itself.
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adjective
  1. of two parts; dyadic.
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Origin of dyad

1665–75; < Greek dyad- (stem of dyás) pair, equivalent to dý(o) two + -ad- -ad1
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Historical Examples

  • Some Dyad was then produced, which the respondent did not know to be a Dyad; accordingly he did not know it to be even.

    Aristotle

    George Grote

  • The respondent was asked, Do you know that every Dyad is even?

    Aristotle

    George Grote

  • When you say a line, do you mean a dyad in length Form in Matter?

    Aristotle

    George Grote

  • For either the dyad is not One; or else the monads included therein are not monads ἐντελεχείᾳ (a. 14).

    Aristotle

    George Grote

  • Here there is only one dyad axis in which two planes of symmetry intersect.

British Dictionary definitions for dyad

dyad

noun
  1. maths an operator that is the unspecified product of two vectors. It can operate on a vector to produce either a scalar or vector product
  2. an atom or group that has a valency of two
  3. a group of two; couple
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Word Origin

C17: from Late Latin dyas, from Greek duas two, a pair
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dyad in Medicine

dyad

(dī′ăd′, -əd)
n.
  1. Two individuals or units regarded as a pair, such as a mother and a daughter.
  2. A divalent atom or radical.
  3. One pair of homologous chromosomes resulting from the division of a tetrad during meiosis.
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