different between trigram vs tetragram

English

Etymology

tri- +? -gram; literally, three marks

Noun

trigram (plural trigrams)

1. Any of the eight combinations of three complete or broken lines forming half of a hexagram in Chinese system of divination I Ching.
2. A trigraph.
3. (linguistics) a special case of the n-gram where n is 3, used in natural language processing for doing statistical analysis of texts

Hyponyms

• (divination): inner trigram, outer trigram

Holonyms

• (divination): hexagram, tetragram

Translations

See also

• ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?

English

Alternative forms

• tetragramme (very rare)

Etymology

tetra- +? -gram

Noun

tetragram (plural tetragrams)

1. A group of four letters.
2. Any of the 81 sets of solid lines (? for Heaven), once-broken lines (? for Earth) and twice-broken lines (???? for Man) formed by combinations of four monograms (two digrams or bigrams, in other words) in the divination of the Taixuanjing.

Synonyms

• tetragraph

Coordinate terms

• monogram, digram, trigram, hexagram

See also

• (Tai Xuan Jing tetragrams): ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????, ????

Anagrams

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