dyad
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noun \ˈdī-ˌad, -əd\Definition of DYAD
1
: pair; specifically : two individuals (as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship
2
: a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous members of a tetrad
3
: a mathematical operator indicated by writing the symbols of two vectors without a dot or cross between (as AB)
— dy·ad·ic \dī-ˈa-dik\ adjective
— dy·ad·i·cal·ly \-di-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Examples of DYAD
- <the book examines the doctor-patient dyad from several perspectives>
Origin of DYAD
Late Latin dyad-, dyas, from Greek, from dyo
First Known Use: 1675
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Rhymes with DYAD
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dy·ad
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of DYAD
1
: two individuals (as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship
2
: a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous members of a tetrad
—dy·ad·ic \dī-ˈad-ik\ adjective
—dy·ad·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Variants of DYAD
dy·ad also di·ad \ˈdī-ˌad, -əd\
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