Tetrad Definition

tĕtrăd
noun
A group or set of four.
Webster's New World
An atom, radical, or element that is tetravalent.
Webster's New World
A group of four cells formed by division within a spore mother cell during meiosis.
Webster's New World
A group of four similar chromatids formed by the longitudinal division of a pair of homologous chromosomes during meiotic prophase.
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Other Word Forms of Tetrad

Noun

Singular:
tetrad
Plural:
tetrads

Origin of Tetrad

  • Greek tetras tetrad- kwetwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tetrad Sentence Examples

  • Most have proved to be new tetrad records and some have been new to that ten km square.

  • Those elements which are equivalent in combining or displacing power to a single atom of hydrogen are said to be univalent or monad elements; whilst those which are equivalent to two atoms of hydrogen are termed bivalent or dyad elements; and those equivalent to three, four, five or six atoms of hydrogen triad, tetrad, pentad or hexad elements.

  • Figures in italics are derived from the tetrad survey.

  • Many counties have published tetrad distribution maps of various groups - Worcestershire none.

  • The data are only fully comprehensive at the 10-km square level and not at the tetrad level.

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Words Starting With

TTETET

Words Ending With

DADRAD

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Words Starting With T and Ending With D

Starts With T & Ends With DStarts With TE & Ends With DStarts With T & Ends With AD

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With D