"tetrachotomy" meaning in All languages combined

See tetrachotomy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /tɛtɹəˈkɒtəmɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: tetrachotomies [plural]
enPR: tĕtrəkŏʹtəmĭ [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From τέτραχα (tétrakha, “quadripartite”) + τόμος (tómos, “slice, piece”) (from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|τέτραχα||quadripartite}} τέτραχα (tétrakha, “quadripartite”), {{m|grc|τόμος|t=slice, piece}} τόμος (tómos, “slice, piece”), {{m|grc|τέμνω||I cut}} τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tetrachotomy (plural tetrachotomies)
  1. Division of a whole into four parts.
    Sense id: en-tetrachotomy-en-noun-Wga8GT1x
  2. (logic) Quaternary classification. Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-tetrachotomy-en-noun-uQmtS0L0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 50 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  3. tetralemma
    Sense id: en-tetrachotomy-en-noun-9rAbXYm6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: decachotomy, dichotomy, heptachotomy, hexachotomy [rare], monochotomy [rare], octachotomy, pentachotomy, tetrachotomous, trichotomy

Inflected forms

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