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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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... quadruplet; quatrefoil. [object or animal with four legs] tetrapod. [geographical area with four sides] quadrangle, quad [Coll.]. [electromagnetic object] quadrupole. [four fundamental studies] quadrivium. V. reduce to a square, square. Adj. four; quaternary, quaternal^; quadratic; quartile; tetract^, tetractic^, tetractinal^; tetrad, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
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Words linked to "Quaternary" :   Holocene, period, Pleistocene epoch, Cenozoic era, multiple, ordinal, Pleistocene, fourth, Holocene epoch, quartet, figure, Age of Mammals, recent, Cenozoic, Recent epoch, geological period, digit, 4th, glacial epoch


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