four

Roget category 95

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.5. Number
›› 1.5.2. Determinate number

#95. Four

noun

quaternity^†, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square, quarter.
[planar form with four sides] tetract^†, tetragon, quadrangle, rectangle.
[three dimensional object with four surfaces] tetrahedron.
quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet — quatrefoil.
[object or animal with four legs] tetrapod.
[geographical area with four sides] quadrangle, quad [Coll.].
[electromagnetic object] quadrupole.
[four fundamental studies] quadrivium.

verb

reduce to a square, square.

adjective

four — quaternary, quaternal^† — quadratic — quartile — tetract^†, tetractic^†, tetractinal^† — tetrad, tetragonal — square, quadrate.

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