Thesaurus results for DYAD

dyad

noun

ˈdī-ˌad

as in pair

two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together the book examines the doctor-patient dyad from several perspectives

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Recent Examples on the Web Regardless of dyad type, participants who were touched consumed more alcohol than participants who were not touched. —

Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2012 Because the data for each pair are interdependent, the data were analyzed at the level of the dyad. —

Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2012 Interpersonal gazing in dyads, when the two individuals in the dyad stare at each other in the eyes, is investigated in 20 healthy young individuals at low illumination for 10-min. —

Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2015 Sometimes the other half of a Pecknoldian dyad isn’t even another person but a different version of the speaker himself. —

Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for dyad

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