About The Word Quaternary
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Quaternary
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What's The Definition Of Quaternary?
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
[n] last 2 million years [adj] coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present" [adj] consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" Synonyms | Synonyms for Quaternary: 4 | 4th | Age of Man | four | foursome | fourth | IV | Little Joe | multiple | ordinal | quadruplet | quartet | quatern | Quaternary period | quaternate | quaternion | quaternity | tetrad Related Terms | Find terms related to Quaternary: See Also | Age of Mammals | Cenozoic | Cenozoic era | digit | figure | geological period | Glacial epoch | Holocene | Holocene epoch | period | Pleistocene | Pleistocene epoch | Recent epoch Quaternary In Webster's Dictionary \Qua*ter"na*ry\, a. [L. quaternarius consisting of
four each, containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr.
quattuor four: cf. F. quaternaire. See {Four}.]
1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
2. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary;
Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
\Qua*ter"na*ry\, n. [L. numerus quaternarius: cf. F. quaternaire.] 1. The number four. --Boyle. 2. (Geol.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of {Geology}. |
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