First Known Use: 1675
Dictionary
dyad
noun dy·ad \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
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Origin of DYAD
Late Latin dyad-, dyas, from Greek, from dyo
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Rhymes with DYAD
Akkad, aoudad, Baghdad, Belgrade, Carlsbad, caudad, comrade, Conrad, crash pad, crawdad, doodad, dorsad, dryad, egad, farad, Flagstad, footpad, gonad, granddad, heptad, horn-mad, ironclad, keypad, launchpad, maenad, monad, mouse pad, Murad, naiad, nicad, nomad, NORAD, notepad, pentad, pleiad, postgrad, scratch pad, Sinbad, tetrad, touch pad, triclad
Medical Dictionary
dyad
noun dy·ad
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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