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quaternary

/kwə'tɜrnəri/

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noun
last 2 million years
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age of man quaternary period

part of:
cenozoic era cenozoic age of mammals
adjective
coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude
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"the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"

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4th fourth ordinal
adjective
consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four
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"a quaternary compound"

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quaternate multiple
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
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4 four foursome iv little joe quadruplet quartet quatern quaternion quaternity tetrad

type of:
figure digit

Examples of quaternary

"the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"
"a quaternary compound"