dyad
A set of two elements treated as oneA set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
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» In this paper I would like to examine the notion of "dyad style" and its influence on fine arts.
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8 sensesA set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
Two persons in an ongoing relationship; a dyadic relationship.
The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple.
Any set of two different pitch classes.
диадаdiada, параpara, двойкаdvojka
An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two.
A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere.
A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
A tensor of order two and rank one.
- two items of the same kind
Examples
4 sentencesIn this paper I would like to examine the notion of "dyad style" and its influence on fine arts.
We use DS as an abbreviation of 'dyad' style.
It is certain that Emmet contrived his 'dyad' style to facilitate the process of architectural design.
We deal here with Emmet's 'dyad' style first presented in his experimental works in the late sixties.
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek δυάς (duás), δυάδ- (duád-) from δύο (dúo, “two”), from Proto-Indo-EuropFrom 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.
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