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Tetrad

/ˈtɛtɹæd/

A group of four things.

📖 Definitions of "Tetrad"

noun
  1. 1

    A group of four things.

  2. 2

    Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial plane during the meiosis process.

  3. 3

    A group of four haploid and immature pollen grains in tetrahedral fashion produced by meiotic microsporogenesis.

  4. 4

    A unit of land area of two by two (that is, four) square kilometres.

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