1
: pair
specifically, sociology
: two individuals (such as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship
2
genetics
: a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous (see homologous sense 1a(2)) members of a tetrad
3
mathematics
: an operator (see operator sense 3a) indicated by writing the symbols of two vectors (see vector entry 1 sense 1a) without a dot or cross between
In the equation D = AB, AB is a dyad.
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the book examines the doctor-patient dyad from several perspectives
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Over the study period, researchers identified 52 full sibling dyads, 90 half sibling dyads, and 72 third-degree dyads among the sampled individuals.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Interpersonal gazing in dyads, when the two individuals in the dyad stare at each other in the eyes, is investigated in 20 healthy young individuals at low illumination for 10-min.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2015
Eros refutes this optimism: sometimes people choose to lock themselves into dyads of exploitative misery.
—Agnes Callard, Harper's Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
Some similar relationships flower into productive, loving dyads.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Interpersonal gazing in dyads, when the two individuals in the dyad stare at each other in the eyes, is investigated in 20 healthy young individuals at low illumination for 10-min.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2015
Eros refutes this optimism: sometimes people choose to lock themselves into dyads of exploitative misery.
—Agnes Callard, Harper's Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
Some similar relationships flower into productive, loving dyads.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
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dyad
noun
dy·ad
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
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