quaternary
adjEtymology
Derived from Latin quaternārius (“containing or consisting of four”), from quaternī (“four each”, “four at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French quaternaire.
- derived from quaternary
Definitions
Of fourth rank or order.
- the quaternary stress in a pronounced word
Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x⁴.
Relating to or in number base four.
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quaternary ammonium.
Composed of four elements.
A quaternary compound.
The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.
The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is…
The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.
- Meronyms: Pleistocene, Holocene, Anthropocene, assholocene
Alternative letter-case form of quaternary.
The neighborhood
- synonymquartal
- synonymquartary
- neighborquaternion
- neighborprimary (1st)
- neighborunary
- neighborsecondary (2nd)
- neighbortertiary (3rd)
- neighborternary
- neighborquartary (4th)
- neighborsenary
- neighborseptenary
- neighboroctonary
- neighbornonary (9th)
- neighbornovenary
Derived
bisquaternary, diquaternary, nonquaternary, pseudoquaternary, quaternarily, quaternarization, quaternary ammonium, quaternary care, quaternary healthcare, quaternary industry, quaternary moon, quaternary number, quaternary sector, quaternary sector of the economy, quaternary structure, quaternary twin, quaternation, quaternium, negaquaternary
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for quaternary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA