[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quaternary \quater"nary\, a. l. quaternarius consisting of
   four each, containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr.
   quattuor four: cf. f. quaternaire. see four.
   1913 webster
   1. consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
      1913 webster

   2. geol. later than, or subsequent to, the tertiary;
      post-tertiary; as, the quaternary age, or age of man.
      1913 webster
see also:
four 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quaternary \quater"nary\, n. l. numerus quaternarius: cf. f.
   quaternaire.
   1. the number four. --boyle.
      1913 webster

   2. geol. the quaternary age, era, or formation. see the
      chart of geology.
      1913 webster
see also:
geology 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quaternary
     adj 1: consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four;
            "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" syn: quaternate
     2: 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" syn: fourth, 4th
     n 1: last 2 million years syn: quaternary period, age of man
     2: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one syn: four,
         4, iv, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternity,
         quartet, quadruplet, foursome, little joe
see also:
quaternate fourth 4th quaternary period age of man four 
4 iv tetrad quatern quaternion 
quaternity quartet quadruplet foursome little joe 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 moby thesaurus words for "quaternary":
   little joe, biquadrate, biquadratic, four, four-legged,
   four-part diaphony, four-rayed, foursome, foursquare, quad,
   quadrangle, quadrature, quadrennium, quadric, quadrilateral,
   quadrille, quadrinomial, quadrivalent, quadruped, quadruplet,
   quartet, quartic, quartile, quatern, quaternion, quaternity,
   quatrefoil, rectangle, square, square dance, squaring, tetractinal,
   tetrad, tetragon, tetragram, tetragrammaton, tetrahedron,
   tetralogy, tetraphony, tetrapody, tetravalent

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