tetrakis

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adjective

Having four identical units

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivetetrakis (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryHaving four identical units

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτετράκις
  2. Ancient Greekτετράκις
  3. Englishtetrakis

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

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