polyad

A group consisting of an indeterminate number of items.

Noun

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

Origin

From poly- + -ad.

Forms

polyads

Related

monad dyad triad tetrad pentad hexad heptad octad nonad decad

Derived

polyadic

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