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dyad (n.)
1670s, from Latin
dyad-
, stem of
dyas
, from Greek
dyas
"the number two, a group of two," from
duo
"two" (see
two
). Specific sense in chemistry ("a bivalent element") is by 1865; also used in biology, poetics, mathematics. Related:
Dyadic
.
