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Quaternary in German

Quaternary in German is Quartär — Quaternary means fourth in order or rank.

Quaternary in German

Quartär
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 German?
"Quaternary" in German is Quartär. Quaternary means: Fourth in order or rank.
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