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quaternary /kwə- or kwo-tûrˈnə-ri/ adjective- Consisting of four
- By fours
- In fours
- Of the fourth order
- Based on four
- With four variables
- (with cap) of or belonging to the most recent period of the Cenozoic era, starting 1.8 million years ago (geology)
- Connected to four non-hydrogen atoms (chem)
noun- The number four
- A set of four
- (with cap) the Quaternary period or system (geology)
ORIGIN: L quaternī four by four quaterˈnate adjective In sets of four quaterˈnion noun - A set or group of four
- The operation of changing one vector into another, or the quotient of two vectors, depending on four geometrical elements and expressible by an algebraical quadrinomial (mathematics)
- (in pl) a calculus concerned with this, invented by Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–65)
quaterˈnion'd adjective (Milton) Divided into groups of four quaterˈnionist noun A person who studies quaternions quaternˈity noun - Fourfoldness
- A set of four
- A fourfold godhead
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