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quaternary number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
qua-ter-nary num-ber
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The number ten.

Etymology

So called by the Pythagoreans because equal to 1 + 2 + 3 + 4.

Inflected Forms

the quaternary number (canonical)

Questions

What does quaternary number mean?
The number ten.
Where does quaternary number come from?
So called by the Pythagoreans because equal to 1 + 2 + 3 + 4.

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