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tetra-

tetra-

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A word part that shows four of something
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  • The prefix tetra- indicates that something has four parts, like a tetrahedron which has four triangular faces.

I'm using carb chlorine Tetra tetrachloride.

Examples

  • So Tetra alkyl ammonium or Tetra alkyl phosphonium salts.

  • It is a Tetra style Icos, again, a banqueting hall Tetra style Icos with four columns.

  • I'm using carb chlorine Tetra tetrachloride.

    Danny Jones

  • So they took TE from Tetra, FL, from Fluoro, and then they had a bunch of these other miracle materials, rayon, nylon.

  • In chemistry, the term tetra- can be used to describe a compound containing four halogen atoms.

  • A tetra- pod is an animal that has four limbs, such as a frog or a dog.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The prefix tetra- comes from a Greek word that means 'four'. You can see it in words like tetrahedron and even in the game Tetris, which uses shapes of four blocks, so tetra- is used when something has four parts.