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quaternation

noun

Etymology

From quaternary + -ation.

  1. derived from quaternary
  2. derived from quaternārius — “consisting of four”
  3. suffixed as quaternation — “quaternary + ation”

Definitions

  1. The conversion of an amine into a quaternary ammonium compound.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for quaternation. 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