Tetractys
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tetractys is a noun meaning A triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows, representing the fourth triangular number and having mystical significance to the Pythagoreans.
Meaning
A triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows, representing the fourth triangular number and having mystical significance to the Pythagoreans.
Example Sentences
ON the subway home, I noticed that the tattoo-esque logo for Solange includes a honeybee sitting in the middle of what looked like an early design by the 17th-century mystic Jakob Böhme: a flaming tetractys.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tetracontagon, tetriamond, triforce, triacontatetragon, tetrakaidekahedron, quadrad.
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