noun
Meaning 1
A group of four letters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
tetragram
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tĕ′-trə-grăm'
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/ˈtɛ.tɹəˌɡɹæm/
noun
Meaning 2
In the Taixuanjing, a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice. Each sequence is interpreted as an element of the sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (⚋ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (𝌀 for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.
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noun
Meaning 3
a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: written word
Narrower terms: Tetragrammaton
History
Etymology
From tetra- + -gram.