Vocabulary : Quaternary to Quatrefeuille
Quaternary : Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four. ;; Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man. ;; The number four. ;; The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.Quaternate : Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.
Quaternion : The number four. ;; A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like. ;; A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable. ;; The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right lines in space, considered as depending on four geometrical elements, and as expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form. ;; To divide into quaternions, files, or companies.
Quaternity : The number four. ;; The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the theological term trinity.
Quateron : See 2d Quarteron.
