"dyad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪ.æd/ Forms: dyads [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪæd Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυάς (duás), δυάδ- (duád-) from δύο (dúo, “two”), from Proto-Indo-European *duwó, *duwéh₃ (*dwóh₁). The mathematics sense was coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 in the second half of his book Elements of Vector Analysis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|δυάς}} Ancient Greek δυάς (duás), {{m|grc||δυάδ-}} δυάδ- (duád-), {{m|grc|δύο||two}} δύο (dúo, “two”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*duwó}} Proto-Indo-European *duwó, {{m|ine-pro|*duwéh₃}} *duwéh₃, {{m|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} *dwóh₁, {{coin|en|Q153243|in=1884|nocap=1}} coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 Head templates: {{en-noun}} dyad (plural dyads)
  1. A set of two elements treated as one; a pair. Categories (topical): Two Synonyms: couple, duad, duo Coordinate_terms (group): monad
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-EDy~84Zi Disambiguation of Two: 14 20 8 16 8 17 8 9 Disambiguation of 'group': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. (sociology) Two persons in an ongoing relationship; dyadic relationship. Categories (topical): Sociology, Collective numbers, Two
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-o3aCCZ0l Disambiguation of Collective numbers: 9 11 14 19 7 22 14 5 Disambiguation of Two: 14 20 8 16 8 17 8 9 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  3. (sociology) The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple. Categories (topical): Sociology, Collective numbers
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-Pkh5PjNp Disambiguation of Collective numbers: 9 11 14 19 7 22 14 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 8 15 25 8 21 17 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 9 22 17 7 26 12 3 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  4. (music) Any set of two different pitch classes. Categories (topical): Music, Collective numbers, Two Translations ((music) any set of two different pitch classes): dyadi (Finnish), 二和音 (ni-waon) (Japanese), díade [feminine] (Portuguese) Translations (set of two different elements): двойка (dvojka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), чифт (čift) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pari (Finnish), duo [masculine] (French), bendua (Malay), diad (Malay), diada (Polish), para (Polish), díade [feminine] (Portuguese), диада (diada) (Russian), пара (para) (Russian), двойка (dvojka) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-kaa6taZ~ Disambiguation of Collective numbers: 9 11 14 19 7 22 14 5 Disambiguation of Two: 14 20 8 16 8 17 8 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 8 15 25 8 21 17 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 9 22 17 7 26 12 3 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of '(music) any set of two different pitch classes': 7 5 6 61 4 10 6 2 Disambiguation of 'set of two different elements': 26 5 1 41 14 9 1 4
  5. (chemistry) An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations ((chemistry) element, atom, etc., having a valence of two): двувалентен елемент (english: dvuvalenten element) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kahdenarvoinen [adjective] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-8hn5mFdI Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of '(chemistry) element, atom, etc., having a valence of two': 12 6 3 6 56 10 3 5
  6. (biology) A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere. Categories (topical): Biology, Collective numbers, Two
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-PV4FvDjb Disambiguation of Collective numbers: 9 11 14 19 7 22 14 5 Disambiguation of Two: 14 20 8 16 8 17 8 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ad Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 8 15 25 8 21 17 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 9 22 17 7 26 12 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 9 15 17 9 28 12 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 6 8 17 19 5 26 15 3 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  7. (biology) A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads. Categories (topical): Biology, Collective numbers
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-EVpWIGrN Disambiguation of Collective numbers: 9 11 14 19 7 22 14 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 8 15 25 8 21 17 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 9 22 17 7 26 12 3 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  8. (mathematics) A tensor of order two and rank one. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-bO~gcsPp Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dyadic, dyadwise, dyadically, dyadism, pseudodyad Related terms: interval, trichord, hexachord, tetrachord Translations (pair of things standing in particular relation): чифт (čift) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pari (Finnish), kaksikko (Finnish)
Coordinate_terms: duad, dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad, heptad, ogdoad, octad, ennead, nonad, decad, decade, hendecad, dodecad, duodecade, chiliad Disambiguation of 'pair of things standing in particular relation': 13 14 17 15 9 16 12 4

Inflected forms

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