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tetrad


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tetrad  \Tet"rad\,  n.  [L.  tetras,  -adis,  Gr  ?,  ?:  cf  F. 
  t['e]trade.] 
  1.  The  number  four  a  collection  of  four  things  a 
  quaternion. 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  A  tetravalent  or  quadrivalent  atom  or  radical;  as 
  carbon  is  a  tetrad. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tetrad 
  n  :  the  cardinal  number  that  is  the  sum  of  three  and  one  [syn:  {four}, 
  {4},  {IV},  {quatern},  {quaternion},  {quaternary},  {quaternity}, 
  {quartet},  {quadruplet},  {foursome},  {Little  Joe}] 




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