- a variation of 4 × 4.
four-by-four
Britishnoun
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The team organized the nozzles in a four-by-four array, which can pick up 16 spheroids simultaneously and place them on a bioink substrate quickly and precisely.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
It shows a four-by-four with a siren on its roof approaching the car moments after the accident.
From BBC ● May 8, 2023
Some of us want to mount the works of local artists as four-by-four posters beautifying the fences designed to protect us from the toxic waste of burned-out buildings.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2021
During these contests, stylists from across the country would craft hairdos that resembled the tail of a peacock, for instance, or a four-by-four, complete with wheels, hiked two feet above a model’s head.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
He looked into the tool shed and patted the four-by-four supports.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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