DYAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyad mean? 

• DYAD (noun)
  The noun DYAD has 1 sense:

1. two items of the same kind

  Familiarity information: DYAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYAD (noun)

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 ("dyad" 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 "dyad"):

fellow; mate (one of a pair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyad"):

doubleton ((bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player)

 Context examples 

Also called Carney dyad and Carney-Stratakis dyad.

(Carney-Stratakis syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Carney dyad and Carney-Stratakis syndrome.

(Carney-Stratakis dyad, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Carney-Stratakis dyad and Carney-Stratakis syndrome.

(Carney dyad, NCI Dictionary)