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 Definitions of tetrad  [ˈtɛ træd]  

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Definition of 'tetrad' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tetrad
a group of four.

2.  tetrad
the number four.

3.  tetrad
Biol. a group of four chromatids formed by synapsis at the beginning of meiosis.

Etymology:  (1645–55; < Gk tetrad-, s. of tetrás group of four)

Definition of 'tetrad' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one


Definition of 'tetrad' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) tetrad
the number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion

2. (noun) tetrad
a tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is a tetrad



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