tet

/tɛt/ or /tɑːt/ or /tɜːt/ (TET, TAT, or TERT)

Definitions

1. noun

A tet is a four-piece unit or a group of four related things.

“The tet of four musicians played in harmony.”

2. noun

A tet is a unit of four lines, especially in poetry.

“The poet wrote a tet of four lines, each describing a different season.”

3. noun

A tet is a four-year cycle, especially in the Jewish calendar.

“The Jewish community observes the tet of the four-year cycle to mark important events.”

4. verb

To tet means to divide or separate something into four parts.

“The artist tet the canvas to create four separate sections.”

Synonyms

  • quad
  • quartet

Antonyms

  • monad
  • sol