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DUAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does duad mean?
• DUAD (noun)
The noun DUAD has 1 sense:
1. two items of the same kind
Familiarity information: DUAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two items of the same kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke
Hypernyms ("duad" is a kind of...):
2; deuce; II; two (the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number)
Meronyms (parts of "duad"):
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duad"):
doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)
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