tetrad
noun
Simple meaning
A group of four things.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
tehtradSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtɛtɹæd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A group of four things.
music
A chord comprised of four notes; a tetrachord.
biology
Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial plane during the meiosis process.
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This meaning: A group of four things.
Used this way, tetrad is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- quaternion , rarer, so it draws attention
- quadruplet , rarer, so it draws attention
- quaternity , rarer, so it draws attention
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