Definizione monolingua

dyad

dyad (plural dyads)

1. A set of two different elements.
   • 1908, W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, translation of original by Aristotle:

     ... positing a dyad and constructing the infinite out of great and small, instead of treating the infinite as one, is peculiar to him; ...

2. (music) any set of two different pitch classes.
3. A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.
   • ""For each individual in a specific dyad (i.e., mother-offspring, offspring-father, sibling-sibling),..."" Debra Lieberman, John Tooby, and Leda Cosmides - The evolution of human incest avoidance mechanisms: an evolutionary psychological approach, p. 20

Definizione dizionario dyad

Altri significati:

a set of two different elements

(music) any set of two different pitch classes.

music: any set of two different pitch classes

A set of two different elements.