{
  "dyad":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a meiotic chromosome after separation of the two homologous (see homologous sense 1a(2) ) members of a tetrad":[],
      ": an operator (see operator sense 3a ) indicated by writing the symbols of two vectors (see vector entry 1 sense 1a ) without a dot or cross between":[
        "In the equation D = AB, AB is a dyad ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the book examines the doctor-patient dyad from several perspectives",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Caregivers and infants are really a dyad \u2014their outcomes and health play into each other\u2019s, Clayton Shuman, a maternal-infant-health researcher at the University of Michigan, told me. \u2014 Katharine Gammon, The Atlantic , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Marrying him was the adventure within the New York adventure, the intimate intellectual dyad within the larger intellectual circle. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Could the Biden administration allow a leg of the triad to age out, resulting in a dyad ",
      "Remember to consider desire as a broad spectrum, one that includes willingness, not just want, says Guralnik, and create conditions that emphasize a dyad , not just a family matrix. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "In a scene reminiscent of The Last Jedi\u2019s throne-room slaughter, Hunter B-15 tosses a dagger to Sylvie, and the dyad of tricksters beheads one of the Time-Keepers before taking on a small battalion of Minutemen. \u2014 Alex Kane, USA TODAY , 1 July 2021",
      "In 2017 untreated perinatal mood disorders cost $14 billion in the U.S., which amounts to $31,800 per mother-infant dyad . \u2014 Priya Iyer, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2021",
      "Human milk feedings have been shown to improve health outcomes across the life course for birthing people and their infants, increase bonding between the dyad , and reduce health care costs. \u2014 Jamila K. Taylor, Scientific American , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "The pain of this moment lies in straining to articulate a defense for the safety of one\u2019s community because conversations around anti-Asian sentiment fall through the cracks in the dyad between black and white in the American racial consciousness. \u2014 Jerrine Tan, Wired , 19 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin dyad-, dyas , from Greek, from dyo \u2014 see dy-":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259d",
      "\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccad"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "brace",
      "couple",
      "couplet",
      "duo",
      "pair",
      "twain",
      "twosome"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071312",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dyassic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": permian":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Dyas Permian system (from Late Latin, two, noun) + English -ic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6asik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115347",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "dyaster":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": diaster":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "dy- + -aster (star)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164025",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}