dyadic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dyad + -ic. The mathematics sense was coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 in the second half of his book Elements of Vector Analysis.
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Adjective[edit]
dyadic (comparative more dyadic, superlative most dyadic)
- Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
- (mathematics) having an arity of two (taking two arguments or operands)
- Pertaining to the physical sex of a person who is exactly male or female in genetics, anatomy and hormone levels; not intersex.
- 2019, Radically Listening to Transgender Children, Lexington Books:
- Although dyadic bodies may be more common, they are no more or less "normal" than intersex bodies.
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Translations[edit]
pertaining to two parts or elements
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pertaining to the number two
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Noun[edit]
dyadic (plural dyadics)
- (mathematics) The sum of two or more dyads
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