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Dyad

[DY-ad]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: Latin, 17th century

1.

Something that consists of two elements or parts.

Examples of Dyad in a sentence

"As closing time approached, the café servers dropped hints to the dyad in the back corner that it was time to leave."

"Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have proven time and again that they’re one of the most inventive dyads in comedy."

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