Definition of DYADIC

dyadic

Plural: dyadics

Adjective

  • of or relating to a dyad or based on two

Adj

  • Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
  • having an arity of two (taking two arguments or operands)
  • Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
  • binary
  • Pertaining to the physical sex of a person who is exactly male or female in genetics, anatomy and hormone levels; not intersex.

Noun

  • A mathematical quantity formed by the sum of tensors; also, a pair.
  • The sum of two or more dyads

Examples

  • His strategy revolved around creating dyadic word structures for maximum score potential.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

binary, endosex, perisex

Scrabble Score: 13

dyadic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dyadic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dyadic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

dyadic: valid Words With Friends Word