dyad

1. Made up of two units.

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1. Biology One pair of homologous chromosomes resulting from the division of a tetrad during meiosis.

2. Chemistry A divalent atom or radical.

3. Mathematics A function that draws a correspondence from any vector u to the vector (v·u)w and is denoted vw, where v and w are a fixed pair of vectors and v·u is the scalar product of v and u. For example, if v = (2,3,1), w = (0,-1,4), and u = (a,b,c), then the dyad vw draws a correspondence from u to (2a + 3b + c)w.

4. Mathematics A tensor formed from a vector in a vector space and a linear functional on that vector space.

5. Two individuals or units regarded as a pair: the mother-daughter dyad.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
dyad	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ay	5
da	3
ya	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
add	5
dad	5
day	7

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
dyad	9