Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing four atoms.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
tetradic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.
- adjective Having a valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic.
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- adjective chemistry consisting of four
atoms
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Examples
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It is worthy of notice that in diatomic elements _four_ funnels open on the faces of tetrahedra; in triatomic, _six_ funnels on the faces of cubes; in tetratomic, _eight_ funnels on the faces of octahedra.
Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements Annie Wood Besant 1890
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