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See also: tetrakis
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράκις (tetrákis, “four times”).
Prefix[edit]
tetrakis-
- (mathematics) Synonym of tetra- used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.
- (chemistry, obsolete) Synonym of tetra- used before vowels.
- tetrakisazobenzine
- (chemistry) Synonym of tetra- used for substitutions of four complex rather than simple units, as in
- tetrakis-(trichloromethyl)-benzene, benzene with four trichloromethyl groups attached
- tetrakis-hydroxymethyl~phosphonium chloride
- tetrakis(methylthio)methane, (MeS)4C
- tetrakis(p-dimethylaminophenyl)hydrazine