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tetrad

/te-trad/US // ˈtɛ træd //UK // (ˈtɛtræd) //

四分体,四分区,四分仪,四合院

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a group of four.
    • : the number four.
    • : Cell Biology. a group of four chromatids formed by synapsis at the beginning of meiosis.
    • : Chemistry. a tetravalent or quadrivalent element, atom, or group.

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Examples

  • For instance, they referred to justice as the (Tetrad, or) group-of-four,12 and likewise for everything else.

  • During the tetrad division in the basidium nuclear reduction occurs.

  • The tetrad for the perfect figure—the cube, length, depth, and width.

  • Having sent for that Brhman, he learnt from him a tetrad of gths.

  • They are aborting members of the tetrad, and appear to have been used as food by the other spores.