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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 Sinnett, A. P.

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 Sinnett, A. P.

On the hyper level the triplet becomes a duad and a unit; the duad becomes two units; and the septet a triplet and a quartet.

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

The sphere with its two contained bodies breaks up into eight triangles on the meta level, and each of these, on the hyper, into a duad and a unit.

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

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 Lord, John

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