Dyad

Word DYAD
Character 4
Hyphenation dy ad
Pronunciations /ˈdaɪ.æd/

Definitions and meanings of "Dyad"

What do we mean by dyad?

Two individuals or units regarded as a pair. noun

One pair of homologous chromosomes resulting from the division of a tetrad during meiosis. noun

A function that draws a correspondence from any vector u to the vector (v·u)w and is denoted vw, where v and w are a fixed pair of vectors and v·u is the scalar product of v and u. For example, if v = (2,3,1), w = (0,−1,4), and u = (a,b,c), then the dyad vw draws a correspondence from u to (2a + 3b + c)w. noun

A tensor formed from a vector in a vector space and a linear functional on that vector space. noun

Made up of two units. adjective

A group or association of two chromosomes in certain cells, such as the germ-cells in certain stages. noun

In prosody, a group of two lines having different rhythms. noun

Noting an axis of twofold symmetry. See symmetry.

Two units treated as one; a pair; a couple. noun

In chem., an elementary substance each of whose atoms, in combining with other atoms or molecules, is equivalent in saturating power to two atoms of hydrogen. noun

In morphology, a secondary unit of organization, resulting from individuation or integration of an aggregate of monads. See monad. noun

In mathematics, an expression signifying the operation of multiplying internally by one vector and then by another. noun

Same as dyadic.

Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of hydrogen. See valence. adjective

Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair. noun

An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two. noun

A set of two different elements. noun

Any set of two different pitch classes. noun

A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation. noun

A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.

Any set of two different pitch classes.

A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.

An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.

A tensor of order two and rank one.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dyad

The word "dyad" in example sentences

For example, "the dyad" is the term Murray used for the experiment he performed on Kaczynski and other students. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The rake/victim dyad is organized around the cultural power that men have and women do not. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The more powerful person in a dyad is the one who has the license to touch. ❋ Field Notes (2008)

Yet "dyad" was also the term that he used to describe his nearly forty-year affair with Christiana Morgan. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Numenius argues that for Pythagoras the dyad was a principle independent of the monad; later thinkers, who tried to derive the dyad from the monad (he does not name names but Eudorus, ❋ Huffman, Carl (2006)

The One arise the Ideas and the numbers”: for the dyad is the ❋ Plotinus (1952)

Many of these establishments “catered to a particular black-white dyad, whether black men seeking white prostitutes or white men seeking black.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

How that relates to the unique dyad of pregnancy, and an entity that is not yet viable on its own, is debatable. ❋ M.D. David Katz (2011)

The likelihood of war dropped by 59% when the dyad shifted to two dictatorships. ❋ Christopher Shea (2011)

The dyad most likely to go to war — more than any mixed pair — was made up of two limited democracies. ❋ Christopher Shea (2011)

CocoRosie's music lives, breathes, discloses, the authentic continuum of time each of us has lived; it articulates the ambient blur of the mother-baby dyad and sings out the faltering steps and unsurpassed intensities of childhood. ❋ S.X. Rosenstock (2010)

Moving to a dyad or even a monad would be an improvement on the status quo. ❋ Rizwan Ladha (2011)

White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism Gary Samore said that we've reached the level in our forces where further reductions will raise questions about whether we retain the triad or whether we go to a system that only is a dyad. ❋ Rizwan Ladha (2011)

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