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- prefix mathematics A variant of
tetra- , used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix. - prefix chemistry (
obsolete ) A variant oftetra- used before vowels: tetrakisazobenzine - prefix chemistry A variant of
tetra- , used for substitutions of four complex rather than simple units, as in
Etymologies
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Greek τετράκις "four times"
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