"dyad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdaɪ.æd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dyad.wav 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), {{der|en|ine-pro|*duwó}} Proto-Indo-European *duwó, {{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. Coordinate_terms (group): monad
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-EDy~84Zi Synonyms: couple, duad, brace, couple, couplet, doublet, duad, duet, duo, duplet, dyad, pair, twain, twosome, twinsome Disambiguation of 'group': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. (sociology) Two persons in an ongoing relationship; dyadic relationship.
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-o3aCCZ0l Categories (other): Sociology, Two Disambiguation of Two: 10 20 6 18 10 21 6 10 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  3. (sociology) The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-Pkh5PjNp Categories (other): Sociology, English collective numbers, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English collective numbers: 5 9 16 24 6 20 17 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 15 25 7 21 18 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 9 7 13 22 5 21 19 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 8 16 27 5 23 19 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 16 26 5 24 18 1 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  4. (music) Any set of two different pitch classes. 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~ Categories (other): Music, English collective numbers, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Two Disambiguation of English collective numbers: 5 9 16 24 6 20 17 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 15 25 7 21 18 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 9 7 13 22 5 21 19 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 8 16 27 5 23 19 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 16 26 5 24 18 1 Disambiguation of Two: 10 20 6 18 10 21 6 10 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of '(music) any set of two different pitch classes': 7 5 6 60 4 10 6 3 Disambiguation of 'set of two different elements': 27 5 1 42 9 9 1 7
  5. (chemistry) An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two. 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 Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of '(chemistry) element, atom, etc., having a valence of two': 12 8 4 8 49 10 2 7
  6. (biology) A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere.
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-PV4FvDjb Categories (other): Biology, English collective numbers, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Two Disambiguation of English collective numbers: 5 9 16 24 6 20 17 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 15 25 7 21 18 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 9 7 13 22 5 21 19 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 7 12 20 5 34 16 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 8 16 27 5 23 19 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 16 26 5 24 18 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 7 13 21 5 29 16 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 6 12 19 5 33 16 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 7 13 20 5 29 17 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 9 12 21 5 29 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 6 9 12 21 5 29 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 7 12 21 6 29 17 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 9 12 21 5 28 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 6 14 20 5 31 17 3 Disambiguation of Two: 10 20 6 18 10 21 6 10 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  7. (biology) A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-EVpWIGrN Categories (other): Biology, English collective numbers, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ad, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English collective numbers: 5 9 16 24 6 20 17 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 15 25 7 21 18 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ad: 9 7 13 22 5 21 19 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 8 16 27 5 23 19 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 16 26 5 24 18 1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  8. (mathematics) A tensor of order two and rank one.
    Sense id: en-dyad-en-noun-bO~gcsPp Categories (other): Mathematics 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': 17 11 15 19 4 16 14 3

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.