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tetrakis

tetrakis adjective: having four identical units.

tetrakis: having four identical units
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Adjective

tetrakis (not comparable)

  1. Having four identical units

Origin of tetrakis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράκις (tetrákis, “four times”).

Words formed from tetrakis

Phrases with tetrakis

Questions about tetrakis

What does tetrakis mean?
Tetrakis means having four identical units.
What part of speech is tetrakis?
Tetrakis is an adjective.

Words near tetrakis in the dictionary

  1. tetraketides
  2. tetraketone
  3. tetraketones
  4. tetrakionia
  5. tetrakionion
  6. tetrakis
  7. tetrakis hexahedra
  8. tetrakis hexahedron
  9. tetrakis hexahedrons
  10. tetrakis legomena
  11. tetrakis legomenon

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