dyad vs man and wife

dyad

noun
  • Two persons in an ongoing relationship; dyadic relationship. 

  • A tensor of order two and rank one. 

  • An element, atom, or radical having a valence of or combining power of two. 

  • A chromosome structure, usually X- or V-shaped, consisting of two condensed sister chromatids joined by a centromere. 

  • A set of two elements treated as one; a pair. 

  • The relationship or interaction itself in reference to a couple. 

  • Any set of two different pitch classes. 

  • A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads. 

man and wife

noun
  • An opposite-sex married couple. 

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