"tetragraph" meaning in English

See tetragraph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: tetragraphs [plural]
Etymology: From tetra- + -graph. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tetra|graph}} tetra- + -graph Head templates: {{en-noun}} tetragraph (plural tetragraphs)
  1. A group of four letters.
    Sense id: en-tetragraph-en-noun-0lcUHYHO
  2. a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice (especially as used in the divination of the Taixuanjing.
    Sense id: en-tetragraph-en-noun-GzZFXLVu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tetra-, English terms suffixed with -graph, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tetra-: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graph: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: digraph, trigraph, pentagraph, hexagraph, heptagraph, octagraph, monophthong, diphthong, triphthong, ligature

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hexagraph"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heptagraph"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "octagraph"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "monophthong"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "diphthong"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "A group of four letters."
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      ],
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        "a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice (especially as used in the divination of the Taixuanjing."
      ],
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "hexagraph"
    },
    {
      "word": "heptagraph"
    },
    {
      "word": "octagraph"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "diphthong"
    },
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      "word": "triphthong"
    },
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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    },
    {
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        "a sequence of four lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice (especially as used in the divination of the Taixuanjing."
      ],
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