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dyadnoun  dy·ad \ˈdī-ˌad, -əd\Popularity: Bottom 50% of wordsExamples: dyad in a sentence
Definition of dyad1:  pair; specifically, sociology :  two individuals (as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship2genetics :  a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous (see homologous 1a(2)) members of a tetrad3mathematics :  an operator (see operator 3a) indicated by writing the symbols of two vectors (see 1vector 1a) without a dot or cross between (as AB)dyadicplay \dī-ˈa-dik\ adjectivedyadicallyplay \-di-k(ə-)lē\ adverbExamples of dyad in a sentence
Origin and Etymology of dyadLate Latin dyad-, dyas, from Greek, from dyo —see dy-

First Known Use: 1675
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