📖 Definitions of "Quaternary"
noun
- 1
A quaternary compound.
- 2
The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.
adjective
- 1
Of fourth rank or order
"the quaternary stress in a pronounced word"
- 2
Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x4
- 3
Relating to or in number base four
- 4
Quaternary ammonium
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