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Tetrad vs Polyad - What's the difference?

tetrad | polyad |

Tetrad is a see also of polyad.


As nouns the difference between tetrad and polyad

is that tetrad is a group of four things while polyad is a group consisting of an indeterminate number of things or people.

tetrad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of four things.
  • (chemistry) A tetravalent atom or radical.
  • (biology) Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial plane during the meiosis process.
  • (biology) Group of four haploid and immature pollen grains in tetrahedral fashion produced by meiotic microsporogenesis.
    • ("tetrad" on Wikipedia)

    Derived terms

    * tetradic

    Anagrams

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    polyad

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia polyad) (en noun)
  • A group consisting of an indeterminate number of things or people.

    • See also

    * monad * dyad * triad * tetrad * pentad * hexad * heptad * octad * nonad * decad * See also