quaternary vs tetrad

quaternary

noun
  • A quaternary compound. 

  • The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it. 

adj
  • Relating to or in number base four 

  • Of fourth rank or order 

  • Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x⁴ 

  • quaternary ammonium 

  • composed of four elements 

tetrad

noun
  • A tetravalent atom or radical. 

  • A unit of land area of two by two (that is, four) square kilometres. 

  • A group of four basis vectors for a four-dimensional manifold in differential geometry. 

  • A group of four haploid and immature pollen grains in tetrahedral fashion produced by meiotic microsporogenesis. 

  • Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial plane during the meiosis process. 

  • A group of four things. 

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