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quaternary


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quaternary  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quaternary  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quaternary 
  adj  1:  consisting  of  or  especially  arranged  in  sets  of  four 
  "quaternate  leaves";  "a  quaternary  compound"  [syn:  {quaternate}] 
  2:  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"  [syn:  {fourth},  {4th}] 
  n  1:  last  2  million  years  [syn:  {Quaternary},  {Quaternary  period}, 
  {Age  of  Man}] 
  2:  the  cardinal  number  that  is  the  sum  of  three  and  one  [syn:  {four}, 
  {4},  {IV},  {tetrad},  {quatern},  {quaternion},  {quaternity}, 
  {quartet},  {quadruplet},  {foursome},  {Little  Joe}] 




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