dyad

dy·ad

noun

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\