quat

Meanings

• noun

  A four-sided figure in geometry, also known as a tetrahedron.

• noun

  A unit of electrical charge equal to the charge on exactly 1.602 x 10^-19 coulombs of electricity.

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Variants

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kat , kats , khat , khats , qat , qats

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'quattuor', meaning 'four'.

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Trivia

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1. The quat is the only regular polyhedron whose dihedral angles are all 108 degrees.

2. The quat is the only Platonic solid that can be inscribed in a sphere with circumradius equal to its edge length.

3. The quat is the simplest three-dimensional shape that can fill space without leaving gaps.

4. The quat is used extensively in crystallography and mineralogy to describe the arrangement of atoms in various minerals.

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Related Concepts

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1. tetrahedron: A regular pyramid with all sides identical, formed by four equilateral triangles as faces and four triangular faces meeting at each vertex.

2. Platonic solids: The five regular polyhedra: the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.

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In geometry, a quat is a regular tetrahedron, one of the five Platonic solids. It is the simplest three-dimensional shape with all sides and angles equal. In physics, a quat is a unit of electrical charge.

How to Memorize "quat"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a regular tetrahedron, a three-dimensional shape with four triangular faces meeting at each vertex.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'quat' with the number 'four' and the shape of a regular tetrahedron.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Quadrilateral under, over, over, under' to remember that a quat (tetrahedron) has four faces.

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