US /ˈdaɪæd/ UK /ˈdaɪæd/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a group of two units or persons treated as a pair

    The therapist studied the mother-and-child dyad in close detail.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a group of two units or... paircoupleduotwosomeduad
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Word family
Derived forms dyadic
Related forms triadmonad

Etymology

From Late Latin 'dyas' (stem 'dyad-'), from Ancient Greek 'dyas' ('the number two'), from 'dyo' ('two').

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