English

Prefix

tetrakis-

1. (mathematics) A variant of tetra-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) A variant of tetra- used before vowels: tetrakisazobenzine
3. (chemistry) A variant of tetra-, used for substitutions of four complex rather than simple units, as in

   tetrakis-(trichloromethyl)-benzene, benzene with four trichloromethyl groups attached,

   tetrakis-hydroxymethyl~phosphonium chloride,

   tetrakis(methylthio)methane, (MeS)₄C,

   tetrakis(p-dimethylaminophenyl)hydrazine

Related terms

• bis-
• tris-
• pentakis-
• hexakis-