quad-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Involving four elements.
  2. Used for the digit four to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.

Word forms

quad-

Etymology

Reduced form of quadri-, from Latin quattuor (“four”).

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