dyadic

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/daɪˈæ.dɪk/(US)
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/daɪˈæ.dɪk/(US) · [daɪˈæ.ɾɪk](US)

Definition of dyadic

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
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adj

  1. Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
  2. (obsolete)Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
  3. Pertaining to the physical sex of a person who is exactly male or female in genetics, anatomy and hormone levels; not intersex.
    “Although dyadic bodies may be more common, they are no more or less "normal" than intersex bodies.”

noun

  1. The sum of two or more dyads

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Etymology

From dyad + -ic. The mathematics sense was coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 in the second half of his book Elements of Vector Analysis.

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