Meaning of DYAD
| Pronunciation: | | 'dIad
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [n] two items of the same kind |
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | brace, couple, couplet, distich, doubleton, duad, duet, duo, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| |
| | See Also: | | 2, deuce, II, two | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Dy"ad\, n. [L. dyas, dyadis, the number two. Gr. ?: cf. F.
dyade. See two, and cf. {Duad}.]
1. Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.
2. (Chem.) An element, atom, or radical having a valence or
combining power of two.
\Dy"ad\, a. (Chem.)
Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being
substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of
hydrogen; as, oxygen and calcium are dyad elements. See
{Valence}.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Biology Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | A pair. Two units. Half of a tetrad (four units). What happens to bivalent chromosomes after the first nuclear division of meiosis. |
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | both, brace, couple, couplet, distich, double harness, doublet, duad, duet, duo, match, mates, pair, set of two, span, team, the two, twain, two, twosome, yoke |
| |
|
|
|