tetrakis-

See also: tetrakis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράκις (tetrákis), "four times".

Prefix

tetrakis-

  1. (mathematics) Synonym of tetra- used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.
  2. (chemistry, obsolete) Synonym of tetra- used before vowels.
    tetrakisazobenzine
  3. (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

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