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Date: 2014-04-18 2:05 GMT-05:00
Subject: dyad: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Apr. 18, 2014

dyad \DAHY-ad\ noun 1. a group of two; couple; pair. 2. Biology. a. a secondary morphological unit, consisting of two monads: a chromosome dyad. b. the double chromosomes resulting from the separation of the four chromatids of a tetrad. Quotes The novel burrows into the separate and often separated pers... See full quote -- James Wood, "Notes from Underground," The New Yorker, March 3, 2008 Origin Dyad is derived from the Greek word dyad- which meant "pair, equivalent."

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