Quaternary Synonyms

kwŏtər-nĕrē, kwə-tûrnə-rē
Last 2 million years
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Quaternary period
  2. Age of Man
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. four
  2. 4
  3. iv
  4. tetrad
  5. quatern
  6. quaternion
  7. quaternity
  8. quartet
  9. quadruplet
  10. foursome
  11. little-joe
Consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. quaternate
Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fourth
  2. 4th

Words Related to Quaternary

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. holocene
  2. palaeoenvironments
  3. cenozoic
  4. sedimentary
  5. late-glacial
  6. biostratigraphy
  7. pleistocene
  8. sedimentology
  9. palaeoceanography
  10. stratigraphy
  11. geological
  12. geochronology
  13. paleoecology
  14. glacial
  15. postglacial

Quaternary Sentence Examples

  • The great Hungarian plain is covered by Tertiary and Quaternary deposits, through which rise the Bakony-wald and the Mecsek ridge near Pecs (Funfkirchen).

  • For instance, those of a ternary form involve two classes which may be geometrically interpreted as point and line co-ordinates in a plane; those of a quaternary form involve three classes which may be geometrically interpreted as point, line and plane coordinates in space.

  • They are ionized in aqueous solution to a much greater extent than ammonia, the quaternary ammonium bases being the most ionized, and the secondary bases being more strongly ionized than the primary or tertiary bases.

  • By the action of ammonia on the alkyl iodides a complex mixture of primary, secondary and tertiary amines, along with a quaternary ammonium salt, is obtained, the separation of which is difficult.

  • If the nitrogen atom in the quaternary ammonium salts be in combination with four different groups, then the molecule is asymmetrical, and the salt can be resolved into optically active enantiamorphous isomerides.

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