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Dyad [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Dyad [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.

2. An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

Dyadic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements.