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Definition of QUATERNARY

Quaternary
Quaternary Qua*ter"na*ry, a. [L. quaternarius consisting of four each, containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quaternaire. See Four.] 1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four. 2. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
Quaternary
Quaternary Qua*ter"na*ry, n. [L. numerus quaternarius: cf. F. quaternaire.] 1. The number four. --Boyle. 2. (Geol.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.

Meaning of QUATERNARY from wikipedia

- The Quaternary (/kwəˈtɜːrnəri, ˈkwɒtərnɛri/ kwə-TUR-nə-ree, KWOT-ər-nerr-ee) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in...
- also refer to: Quaternary (chemistry) (see also Quaternary compound and Quaternary phase) Quaternary structure of proteins Quaternary sector of the economy...
- Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary period...
- In organic chemistry, quaternary ammonium cations, also known as quats, are positively-charged polyatomic ions of the structure [NR4]+, where R is an alkyl...
- Pleistocene together form the Quaternary period. The Holocene is an interglacial period within the ongoing glacial cycles of the Quaternary, and is equivalent to...
- mid-late Holocene, such as those on Madagascar and New Zealand, as the Late Quaternary extinction event. The Late Pleistocene saw the extinction of many mammals...
- Quaternary geology is the branch of geology that study developments from 2.58 million years ago to the present. In particular, Quaternary geology study...
- Quaternary /kwəˈtɜːrnəri/ is a numeral system with four as its base. It uses the digits 0, 1, 2, and 3 to represent any real number. Conversion from binary...
- Protein quaternary structure is the fourth (and highest) classification level of protein structure. Protein quaternary structure refers to the structure...
- Period 23.04 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period 2.58 million years ago. It is the second period of the Cenozoic...