English Explanatory Dictionary

polyad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group consisting of an indeterminate number of items.
  2. An element whose valence is greater than two.

Word forms

polyad polyads

Etymology

From poly- + -ad.

Related words

monad dyad triad tetrad pentad hexad heptad octad nonad decad

Derived words

polyadic
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