quaternary
Noun
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Last 2 million years (synset 115149497)
is an instance of: geological period, period - a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formedhas:
- holocene, holocene epoch, recent, recent epoch - approximately the last 10,000 years
- glacial epoch, pleistocene, pleistocene epoch - from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
same as: age of man, quaternary period -
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one (synset 113766444)
same as: 4, four, foursome, iv, little joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad
Adjective
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Consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four (synset 302227350)
"quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound"similar to: multiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individualsame as: quaternate
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Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude (synset 302210112)
"the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"similar to: ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series
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