Definition of Tetradic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element.

Definition of Tetradic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a tetrad. ¹

2. Adjective. Of a figure, especially the numbers 0,1 and 8, that have four-fold symmetry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tetradic

1. tetrad [adj] - See also: tetrad

Medical Definition of Tetradic

1. Of or pertaining to a tetrad; possessing or having the characteristics of a tetrad; as, a carbon is a tetradic element. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetradic

tetradecane
tetradecanes
tetradecanoic
tetradecanoic acid
tetradecanoyl
tetradecanoylphorbol acetate
tetradecapoda
tetradecenoyl
tetradecimal
tetradecimals
tetradecyl
tetradecyltrimethylammonium
tetradelphous
tetradelphy
tetradentate
tetradic (current term)
tetradifon
tetradon
tetradont
tetradrachm
tetradrachma
tetradrachmas
tetradrachms
tetrads
tetradymite
tetradynamia
tetradynamian
tetradynamous
tetraedron
tetraedrum

Literary usage of Tetradic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Harmony: With Exercises by Joseph Humfrey Anger (1912)
"THE tetradic THEORY According to the tetradic theory, chord construction is ... On first thought it might appear reasonable to argue that the tetradic ..."

2. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"The hydrocarbons of this series should exhibit three isomeric modifications: saturated, dyadic, and tetradic, according to ..."

3. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"The hydrocarbons of this scries should exhibit three isomerie modifications : saturated, dyadic, and tetradic, according to the manner in which the carbon ..."

4. The Verse of Greek Comedy by John Williams White (1912)
"Hephaestion, as we have seen (740), recognizes tetradic, ... two tetradic groups, the 'periodic,' ABBC, ..."

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