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"Quaternary" Definition

noun

The member of a group that is fourth in order.
The number four.
The Quaternary Period or its system of deposits.
The Quaternary period or system of rocks.
A member of a group fourth in order or rank.

adjective

Chemistry Relating to an atom bonded to four carbon atoms: a quarternary nitrogen atom.
Consisting of four; in fours.
Of or belonging to the geologic time, system of rocks, or sedimentary deposits of the second period of the Cenozoic Era, from the end of the Tertiary Period through the present, characterized by the appearance and development of humans and including the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. See Table at geologic time.
Consisting of, containing, or being an atom bonded to four other atoms.
Of, relating to, or being the geological period from the end of the Tertiary to the present time or the corresponding system of rocks .

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