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English Dictionary: dyad by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dyad
n
  1. two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dyad \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dyad \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}.
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