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How to pronounce quaternary in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms age of man, quaternary period
Type Words
Synonyms 4th, fourth


the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present.
Type Words
Synonyms quaternate


a quaternary compound.
Type Words
Synonyms 4, four, foursome, iv, little joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad
Type of figure, digit

Examples of quaternary

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Response of test-organisms to water pollution with quaternary ammonia compounds.
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Quaternary Period rock, glacial deposits and gravels exist in the Calder Valley.
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This is illustrated in the figure below for binary and quaternary phase states.
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Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge.
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Tertiary and quaternary structural changes in Gi alpha 1 induced by GTP hydrolysis.
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To effectively sanitize food surfaces quaternary ammonia must be at 200 ppm.
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Sometimes this is known as quaternary PSK, quadriphase PSK, 4-PSK, or 4-QAM.
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A method for fabricating copper-containing ternary and quaternary chalcogenide thin films.
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It is a quaternary compound of silver, indium, antimony, and tellurium.
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  • Quaternate: consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound"
  • Last 2 million years
  • Four: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
  • Fourth: coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"
  • Of fourth rank or order; Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x^4
  • (quaternarily) In a quaternary way
  • The fourfold lower self, or man, in the three worlds. There are various divisions of this, but perhaps for our purpose the best is to enumerate the four as follows:
  • The four lower "principles in man," those which constitute his personality (i.e., Body, Astral Double, Prana or life, organs of desire and lower Manas, or brain-mind), as distinguished from the Higher Ternary or Triad, composed of the higher Spiritual Soul, Mind and Atman (Higher Self).