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tetraradical

tetraradical noun: a free radical having a four unpaired electrons.

Noun

tetraradical (plural tetraradicals)

  1. A free radical having a four unpaired electrons

Adjective

tetraradical (not comparable)

  1. Having four consonants in its root.
    • With regard to ppl roots, Arabic has the noun dadan ‘toy’, probably a child’s term, but this is only a nominal root. Ethiopic also has a few examples with an identical first and second consonant root: these cases are derived from tetraradical forms of a biconsonantal origin, for example Eth. ssl...2011 March 1, Eulàlia Vernet i Pons, “Semitic Root Incompatibilities and Historical Linguistics”, in Journal of Semitic Studies, volume 56, number 1, →DOI, page 3 footnote 6

Synonyms of tetraradical

Forms of tetraradical

pluraltetraradicals

Origin of tetraradical

From tetra- + radical.

Questions about tetraradical

What does tetraradical mean?
Tetraradical means a free radical having a four unpaired electrons.
What part of speech is tetraradical?
Tetraradical can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of tetraradical?
The plural of tetraradical is tetraradicals.

Words near tetraradical in the dictionary

  1. tetraquark
  2. tetraquarks
  3. tetraquetrous
  4. tetraradial
  5. tetraradiate
  6. tetraradical
  7. tetraradicals
  8. tetrarch
  9. tetrarchate
  10. tetrarchates
  11. tetrarchic

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