quaternary

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1. quaternary - Noun

2. quaternary - Adjective

3. quaternary - Adjective Satellite

4. Quaternary - Proper noun

Meaning

Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.

Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.

The number four.

The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically the same in the plant, was elaborated there, and only appropriated by the animal. Asa Gray

the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present Source: Internet

quaternate leaves Source: Internet

a quaternary compound Source: Internet

Changes in quaternary structure can occur through conformational changes within individual subunits or through reorientation of the subunits relative to each other. Source: Internet

British geologists were also responsible for the grouping of periods into Eras and the subdivision of the Tertiary and Quaternary periods into epochs. Source: Internet

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