Polyad

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In chem., an element whose valence or quantivalence is greater than two, as a triad, tetrad, hexad, etc.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A group consisting of an indeterminate number of things or people.
  • cross-reference
    decad  dyad  group  heptad  hexad