dyadic

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
3. Pertaining to the physical sex of a person who is exactly male or female in genetics, anatomy and hormone levels; not intersex.

Noun

The sum of two or more dyads

Synonyms

binary

binomial

dyad

diadic

dyadic operator

two-value

Translations

dyadisch

dyadique

diadico

diàdic

diádico

à deux arguments

binaire

tweeledig

dyadisch

diádico

ثنائيّ

ikici

im Zweiersystem

zweistellig

zweiteilig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɪˈæ.dɪk/

Etymology

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.