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Quaternity

The number four.

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Digit 76% connected

One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Four 92% connected

One more than three; twice two.

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Quartet 92% connected

Alt. of Quartette

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Quaternary 92% connected

Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.

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Quaternion 92% connected

The number four.

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Tetrad 92% connected

The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.

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Integer noun · 78% connection

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

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Irrational noun · 78% connection

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

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Irrational number noun · 78% connection

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

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Natural number noun · 78% connection

the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly

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Rational noun · 78% connection

an integer or a fraction

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Real noun · 78% connection

any rational or irrational number

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Real number noun · 78% connection

any rational or irrational number

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Square root noun · 78% connection

a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

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Whole number noun · 78% connection

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

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Alla breve unknown · 78% connection

With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signat…

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Carryall noun · 78% connection

A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.

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Check bit noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will…

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Cord noun · 78% connection

A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four fee…

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Evangelist noun · 78% connection

A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a re…

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Five adjective · 78% connection

Four and one added; one more than four.

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Fold verb · 78% connection

Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the…

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Four-in-hand adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

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Four-way adjective · 78% connection

Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.

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Foursquare adjective · 78% connection

Having four sides and four equal angles.

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Fourth noun · 78% connection

One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after th…

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Fuchsia noun · 78% connection

A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They a…

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Give noun · 78% connection

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to e…

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In-and-in noun · 78% connection

An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike.

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Key noun · 78% connection

A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three,…

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Measure adjective · 78% connection

A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greate…

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Mess noun · 78% connection

A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.

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Multiply verb · 78% connection

To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied…

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