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English adjective: quaternary | |||
| 1. | quaternary consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four | ||
| Samples | Quaternate leaves. A quaternary compound. | ||
| Synonyms | quaternate | ||
| Similar | multiple | ||
| Antonyms | single | ||
| 2. | quaternary coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude | ||
| Samples | The quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present. | ||
| Synonyms | 4th, fourth | ||
| Similar | ordinal | ||
| Antonyms | cardinal | ||
English noun: Quaternary | |||
| 1. | Quaternary (time) last 2 million years | ||
| Synonyms | Age of Man, Quaternary period | ||
| Instance hypernym | geological period, period | ||
| Part holonym | Glacial epoch, Holocene, Holocene epoch, Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Recent, Recent epoch | ||
| Part meronym | Age of Mammals, Cenozoic, Cenozoic era | ||
| 2. | quaternary (quantity) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | ||
| Synonyms | 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | digit, figure | ||
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