double-barrelled vs dyadic

double-barrelled

adj
  • Twofold, having a double purpose or nature. 

  • Having two separate parts, often adjoined by a line (or sometimes a space), e.g. Wright-Phillips. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun. 

  • Forceful, powerful (like a double-barrelled shotgun). 

dyadic

adj
  • having an arity of two (taking two arguments or operands) 

  • Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements. 

  • Pertaining to the physical sex of a person who is exactly male or female in genetics, anatomy and hormone levels; not intersex. 

noun
  • The sum of two or more dyads 

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