different between dyadic vs dyadically

English

Etymology

From dyad +? -ic. The mathematics sense was coined by Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884 in the second half of his book Elements of Vector Analysis.

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key): /da??æ.d?k/, [da??æ.??k]
• Rhymes: -æd?k

Adjective

dyadic (comparative more dyadic, superlative most dyadic)

1. Pertaining to a dyad, the number two; of two parts or elements.
   1. (mathematics) having an arity of two (taking two arguments or operands)
2. Pertaining to the physical sex of a person who is exactly male or female in genetics, anatomy and hormone levels; not intersex.

Synonyms

• (arity, adicity, rank): binary

Translations

See also

• monadic
• triadic
• polyadic
• extradyadic
• variadic

Noun

dyadic (plural dyadics)

1. (mathematics) The sum of two or more dyads

English

Etymology

dyadic +? -ally

Adverb

dyadically (not comparable)

1. In a dyadic manner; as a dyad or by means of dyads.

   In the APL programming language, some operators can be used both monadically and dyadically.

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