"Dyad" is a word in ENGLISH
Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.
Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being
substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of hydrogen;
as, oxygen and calcium are dyad elements. See Valence.
An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining
power of two.
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Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without …
Read the complete definitionA unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by …
Read the complete definitionHaving two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence.
Read the complete definitionOdd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a …
Read the complete definitionThe degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or …
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