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Quaternary in Dutch

Quaternary in Dutch is Kwartair — Quaternary means fourth in order or rank.

Quaternary in Dutch

Kwartair
proper noun
(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.

What does "Quaternary" mean?

  1. adj Fourth in order or rank.
    "the quaternary stress in a pronounced word"
  2. adj In mathematics, describing an expression that contains a term raised to the fourth power.
  3. adj Relating to counting in base four.
  4. adj quaternary ammonium.
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Quaternary in a sentence

  • the quaternary stress in a pronounced word

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What is "Quaternary" in Dutch?
"Quaternary" in Dutch is Kwartair. Quaternary means: Fourth in order or rank.
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