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Quaternary   /kwˈɑtərnˌɛri/   Listen
Quaternary

adjective
1.
Consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four.  Synonym: quaternate.  "A quaternary compound"
2.
Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude.  Synonyms: 4th, fourth.



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"Quaternary" Quotes from Famous Books



... combinations are such as consist of two simple elements combined together. Ternary, and quaternary, consist of three and ...
— Elements of Chemistry, - In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries • Antoine Lavoisier


Words linked to "Quaternary" :   period, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch, Pleistocene, recent, glacial epoch, Age of Mammals, Cenozoic era, Holocene, figure, geological period, Pleistocene epoch, ordinal, multiple, Cenozoic, digit


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