dyad

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A set of two different elements
any set of two different pitch classes
Two students working together
{i} couple, pair
A two-member group (See 138)
An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two
Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair
A qualitative research methodology in which an interviewer works with two participants at once This technique is particularly appropriate for products and services for which two persons are relatively equal partners in making a purchase decision
Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of hydrogen; as, oxygen and calcium are dyad elements
two items of the same kind
  A verb with left and right operands (which must be nouns)   Any verb may be used as a monad or dyad, depending on whether it has a left noun operand when it is executed
any two entities regarded as some kind of unit
dyadic
Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements
dyadically
In a dyadic manner; as a dyad or by means of dyads

In the APL programming language, some operators can be used both monadically and dyadically.

dyadic
of or relating to a dyad or based on two
dyadic
{s} pertaining to a pair, pertaining to a couple
dyads
plural of dyad
dyad

    Hyphenation

    dy·ad

    Turkish pronunciation

    dayäd

    Pronunciation

    /ˈdīˌad/ /ˈdaɪˌæd/

    Etymology

    [ 'dI-"ad, -&d ] (noun.) 1675. Late Latin dyad-, dyas, from Greek, from dyo.
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