Definition of Quaternaries

1. quaternary [n] - See also: quaternary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaternaries

quat
quata
quatas
quatch
quatched
quatches
quatching
quate
quater in die
quatercentenaries
quatercentenary
quatercentennial
quatern
quaternaries (current term)
quaternarily
quaternarist
quaternarists
quaternarization
quaternary
quaternary ammonium
quaternary ammonium compound
quaternary ammonium compounds
quaternary carbon atom
quaternary industry
quaternary structure
quaternary syphilis
quaternate
quaternation

Literary usage of Quaternaries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1905)
"with its full complement of tertiaries; another lias one tertiary only, while in the remaining four these septa are entirely wanting. The quaternaries and ..."

2. The coral Siderastrea radians and its postlarval development by J[ames] E[dwin] Duerden (1904)
"... be tertiaries and some will be quaternaries, the number of the latter being ... will be quaternaries and 6 will be tertiaries ; in the second 16 will be ..."

3. Arithmetical Institutions: Containing a Compleat System of Arithmetic by John Kirkby (1735)
"The Number of quaternaries is 35 (In. 236) and the Permutations of every Quaternary are 24 (In. 242) therefore the Permutations of all the quaternaries are ..."

4. The Elements of Chemistry by James Hyatt (1855)
"The first in importance and the most extensive is the group of NEUTRAL quaternaries. These may be divided into two sub-groups, namely, 1st, the Protein, ..."

5. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"The secondaries extend to the columella; the tertiaries fuse against the secondaries near the columella; the two outer quaternaries of the group fuse ..."

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