quaternary

quaternary is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 23 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
2. adjective. Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
3. noun. The number four.
4. noun. The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.
5. noun. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

   Synonyms: four, foursome, iv, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad

6. noun. last 2 million years
7. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: fourth, th

8. adjective. consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four

   "quaternate leaves"

   "a quaternary compound"

   Synonyms: quaternate

Synonyms

four, foursome, iv, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad, fourth, th, quaternate

Common word forms

quaternaries

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