Meaning of Dyad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
2. Two persons in an ongoing relationship; a dyadic relationship.
3. The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.
4. Any set of two different pitch classes.
5. An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two.
6. A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere.
7. A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
8. A tensor of order two and rank one.

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Examples

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

“McNamee describes their grip on the company as “the most centralized decision-making structure I have ever encountered in a large company.” Their power dyad is possible only because Facebook’s “core platform,” as McNamee puts it, is relatively simple: It “consists of a product and a monetization scheme.””

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

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