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Where does “antiferroquadrupole” come from?

antiferroquadrupole (English) comes from English quadrupole, from English quadru-, from English quadri-, from Latin quattŭor, from Portuguese quarto, from Old Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos — and.

antiferroquadrupole (English): antiferromagnetic quadrupole

Definitions

  1. antiferromagnetic quadrupole

Ancestry of “antiferroquadrupole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquadrupoleA distribution of either electric charge or...
2Englishquadru-Alternative form of quadri-
3Englishquadri-API; Four
4Latinquattŭor—
5Portuguesequartoordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;...
6Old Portuguesequartoquarter
7Latinquārtus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
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