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dyads

dyads is the plural of dyad.

Meaning of dyad

Noun

dyad (plural dyads)

  1. A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
    • […] positing a dyad and constructing the infinite out of great and small, instead of treating the infinite as one, is peculiar to him; […]1908, W. D. Ross, Metaphysics Book I, translation of original by Aristotle
  2. Two persons in an ongoing relationship; a dyadic relationship.
    • For each individual in a specific dyad (i.e., mother-offspring, offspring-father, sibling-sibling), […]2003, Debra Lieberman, John Tooby, Leda Cosmides, The evolution of human incest avoidance mechanisms […] , page 20
  3. The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.
  4. Any set of two different pitch classes.
  5. An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two.
  6. A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere.

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Questions about dyads

What is dyads the plural of?
Dyads is the plural of dyad.

Words near dyads in the dictionary

  1. dyadically
  2. dyadicity
  3. dyadics
  4. dyadism
  5. dyadisms
  6. dyads
  7. dyadwise
  8. Dyak
  9. dyakis dodecahedron
  10. dyakisdodecahedra
  11. dyakisdodecahedron

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