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noun
A group of four things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: foursome, quartet, quadruplet, quadruplicity, quadrad, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad, tetraplet
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noun
Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial plane during the meiosis process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
A group of four haploid and immature pollen grains in tetrahedral fashion produced by meiotic microsporogenesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
A unit of land area of two by two (that is, four) square kilometres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences
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noun
A tetravalent atom or radical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A group of four basis vectors for a four-dimensional manifold in differential geometry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
A chord comprised of four notes; a tetrachord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: four, 4, IV, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe
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Broader terms: digit, figure
History
From Ancient Greek τετράς (tetrás), analysable as tetra- + -ad.
Across languages
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