TETRAGRAM

tetragram

(noun) a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tetragram (plural tetragrams)

A group of four letters.

Any of the 81 sets of solid lines (⚊ for Heaven), once-broken lines (βš‹ for Earth) and twice-broken lines (? for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.

Synonyms

• tetragraph

Coordinate terms

• monogram, digram, trigram, hexagram

Anagrams

• Margarett

Source: Wiktionary



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