Dyad Dyad

Dyad - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Brace, Couple, Couplet, Distich, Doublet, Duet, Duo, Match, Pair, Span, Team, Twain, Two, Yoke

Etymology: Late Latin dyad-, dyas, from Greek, from dyo

The word dyad has a number of uses:

  • A dyad (general) pair, consisting of two parts.
  • A dyad (music) is any two notes or pitches
  • A dyad (sociology) is a group of two people
  • A dyad (biology) is a pair of chromosomes duirng meiosis
  • Dyadic
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