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Is dyad a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dyad is a Scrabble US word. The word dyad is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

D2Y4A1D2

Is dyad a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dyad is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

D2Y4A1D2

Is dyad a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dyad is a Words With Friends word. The word dyad is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2Y3A1D2

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4-letter words (2 found)

ADDY,DYAD,

3-letter words (4 found)

ADD,DAD,DAY,YAD,

2-letter words (4 found)

AD,AY,DA,YA,

You can make 10 words from dyad according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dyad

dyad ydad dayd adyd yadd aydd dyda ydda ddya ddya ydda dyda dady addy dday dday addy dady yadd aydd ydad dyad adyd dayd

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Definitions and meaning of dyad

dyad

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυάς (duás), δυάδ- (duád-) from δύο (dúo, “two”), from Proto-Indo-European *duwó, *duwéh₃ (*dwóh₁). The mathematics sense was coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 in the second half of his book Elements of Vector Analysis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ.æd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪæd
  • Homophone: diad

Noun

dyad (plural dyads)

  1. A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
    Synonyms: couple, duad; see also Thesaurus:duo
  2. (sociology) Two persons in an ongoing relationship; dyadic relationship.
  3. (sociology) The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.
  4. (music) Any set of two different pitch classes.
  5. (chemistry) An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two.
  6. (biology) A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere.
  7. (biology) A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
  8. (mathematics) A tensor of order two and rank one.

Coordinate terms

  • (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad/heptad, ogdoad/octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad

Derived terms

  • dyadic
  • dyadwise
  • dyadically
  • dyadism
  • pseudodyad

Translations

See also

  • interval
  • trichord
  • hexachord
  • tetrachord

References

Anagrams

  • Addy, D-Day, Dady, addy

Source: wiktionary.org