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Tetrahedron Gang

When someone thinks tetrahedrons are superior to cubes and spheres
Person 1: Cube Gang or Sphere Gang

Person 2: Tetrahedron Gang

Person 1: I haven't seen one who does Tetrahedron Gang, I plead, forgive me for disrespecting Tetrahedrons
by Kiwi - The Superior Species November 24, 2020
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tetraethyllead (TEL)

An organolead compound with the formula Pb(C2H5)4.
Tetraethyllead (TEL) is a fuel additive, first being mixed with gasoline beginning in the 1920s as a patented octane rating booster that allowed engine compression to be raised substantially.
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Tetraëteris

A tetraëteris is the Greek name for the period in 4 tropical years where the Moon phase occurs 2 weeks earlier, defined as 49 synodic months, 52.961595389901795 sidereal months, 53.174596199249 draconic months, 52.513969931831795 anomalistic months, and 1,446.998810185187 days.

Though if you intercalate it, you get 50 synodic months, 54.04244427541 sidereal months, 54.25979204005 draconic months, 53.58568360390999 anomalistic months, and 1,476.52939814815 days.

If you go halfway between 49 and 50 synodic months, you get 49 1/2 synodic months, which’s 53.5020198326559 sidereal months, 53.717194119649506 draconic months, 53.0498267678709 anomalistic months, and 1,461.7641041666686 days, which makes up half of an octaëteris, leading from a new/full moon to a full/new moon less than 1 day later.
Which’s just about 4 full synodic revolutions of Uranus, and leads from a new/full moon to a full/new moon within 15 days later.

The tetraëteris has been used for the Olympic games in that if the Olympic games of a games occurred 49 synodic months after the last events, then the next games would occur 50 synodic months later, then 49 more later, and then 50, vice versa, as 49 + 50 = 99 synodic months, making an octaëteris.
Ben: If we didn't have COVID-19, the Tokyo Summer Olympics would've occurred in 2020.
Gregory: Well yeah.
Ben: Because the French Summer Olympics is happening between July 26 and August 11 in 2024.
Gregory: Ikr?
Ben: Because the Greeks knew the Moon was useful for calculating the Olympics.
Gregory: How do you know that?
Ben: Because they used the tetraëteris and octaëteris calendars.
Gregory: Interesting.
Ben: Well the London Summer Olympics took place between July 27 and August 12th in 2012 and the Rio Summer Olympics took place between August 5 and 21 in 2016.
Gregory: Looks like modern adjustments for the Olympic calendars.
Ben: Yeah.
by gregben October 2, 2023
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tetragon

What Greek mathematicians call a quadrilateral (or a shape with four sides).
A square, rectangle, diamond, kite, trapezoid, and parallelogram are all tetragons.
by #+_+# February 28, 2026
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tetrafecta

A government, particularly the U.S. government, that has the same party in control of the executive branch, both houses of Congress, and the Supreme Court.
"why are democrats barely pushing back against the Trump administration?"
"because the republicans have a government tetrafecta. also because they're lazy and pro-establishment."
"wow i love this country! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅"
by meowmelade26948 September 14, 2025
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