English Dictionary

dyad

/ˈdaɪ.æd/

noun

A set of two elements treated as one; a pair. / (sociology) Two persons in an ongoing relationship; dyadic relationship. / (sociology) The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.

The dyad of siblings always supports each other.

意味（1）

A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.

[…] positing a dyad and constructing the infinite out of great and small, instead of treating the infinite as one, is peculiar to him; […]

意味（2）

(sociology) Two persons in an ongoing relationship; dyadic relationship.

For each individual in a specific dyad (i.e., mother-offspring, offspring-father, sibling-sibling), […]

意味（3）

(sociology) The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.

意味（4）

(music) Any set of two different pitch classes.

意味（5）

(chemistry) An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two.

意味（6）

(biology) A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere.

意味（7）

(biology) A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.

意味（8）

(mathematics) A tensor of order two and rank one.