Dyad or dyade may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Dyad (music)
In music, a dyad (less commonly, diad) is a set of two notes or pitches that, in particular contexts, may imply a chord.
Dyads can be classified by the interval between the notes. For example, the interval between C and E is a major third, whi ...
, a set of two notes or pitches
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''Dyad'' (novel), by Michael Brodsky, 1989
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''Dyad'' (video game), 2012
* ''Dyad 1909'' and ''Dyad 1929'', ballets by
Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor, CBE (born 12 March 1970) is a multi award-winning British choreographer and director. He is the Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. McGregor was appointed Commander of the ...
*Dyad Institute, a fictional biotech corporation in the Canadian TV series
Orphan Black
''Orphan Black'' is a Canadian Science fiction on television, science-fiction Thriller (genre), thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett (director), John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. Th ...
Other uses
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Dyad (biology)
A chromatid (Greek ''khrÅmat-'' 'color' + ''-id'') is one half of a duplicated chromosome. Before replication, one chromosome is composed of one DNA molecule. In replication, the DNA molecule is copied, and the two molecules are known as chro ...
, a pair of sister chromatids
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Dyad (philosophy)
The Dyad is a title used by the Pythagoreans for the number two, representing the principle of "twoness" or "otherness".
Numenius of Apamea, a Neopythagorean philosopher in the latter 2nd century CE, said that Pythagoras gave the name of Monad t ...
, used by the Pythagoreans for the number two, representing "twoness" or "otherness"
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Dyad (sociology)
In sociology, a dyad is a group of two people, the smallest possible social group. As an adjective, "dyadic" describes their interaction.Macionis, John J., and Linda Marie Gerber. Sociology. 7th ed. Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. 153-54. ...
, a group of two people
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Grizzled Young Veterans
The Dyad is a British professional wrestling tag team consisting of Jagger Reid and Rip Fowler, currently performing in WWE on the NXT brand. They are members of The Schism stable alongside Joe Gacy and Ava Raine. Reid and Fowler were previously ...
, also known as The Dyad, a British professional wrestling tag team
See also
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Dyadic (disambiguation)
Dyadic describes the interaction between two things, and may refer to:
*Dyad (sociology), interaction between a pair of individuals
**The dyadic variation of Democratic peace theory
*Dyadic counterpoint, the voice-against-voice conception of polyp ...
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Diad
Within the muscle tissue of animals and humans, contraction and relaxation of the muscle cells (myocytes) is a highly regulated and rhythmic process. In cardiomyocytes, or cardiac muscle cells, muscular contraction takes place due to movement at a ...
, in cell biology
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Dryad (disambiguation) A dryad is a form of mythological Greek nymph associated with trees.
Dryad may also refer to:
Military
* , any one of several ships of the Royal Navy
* ''Dryad''-class torpedo gunboat, in the Royal Navy
* Operation Dryad, a British Second World ...
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Dyad pedagogy
Dyad pedagogy is a goal-directed teaching method. Students are randomly assigned into dyads and work together on inquiry-type problems. The educational method was developed by Dr. Lloyd Sherman, a professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in ...
, a goal-directed teaching method
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Dyad symmetry In genetics, dyad symmetry refers to two areas of a DNA strand whose base pair sequences are inverted repeats of each other. They are often described as palindromes.
For example, the following shows dyad symmetry between sequences GAATAC and GTATT ...
, in genetics
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Triad (disambiguation)
Triad or triade may refer to:
* a group of three
Businesses and organisations
* Triad (American fraternities), certain historic groupings of seminal college fraternities in North America
* Triad (organized crime), a Chinese transnational orga ...
("group of 3")
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