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Quaternary   /kwˈɑtərnˌɛri/   Listen
adjective
Quaternary  adj.  
1.
Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
2.
(Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.


noun
Quaternary  n.  
1.
The number four.
2.
(Geol.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.





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"Quaternary" Quotes from Famous Books



... a human fossil of the Quaternary period seemed then to be incontestably demonstrated, and even to be admitted ...
— A Journey to the Centre of the Earth • Jules Verne
... that Darwin's theory will very well serve for all that concerns the present epoch of the world's history—an epoch in which this renowned paleontologist includes the diluvial or quaternary period—then Darwin's first and foremost need in his onward course is a practicable road from this into and through the tertiary period, the intervening region between the comparatively near and the far remote past. Here Lyell's doctrine paves the way, by showing ...
— Darwiniana - Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism • Asa Gray
... why Asa Gray will not believe in the quaternary arrangement; I had fancied that you saw some great difficulty in the case, and that made me think that my notion ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin
... out, is polished to a fine gloss, and when exteriorly decorated, the design is generally limited to one side just below the rim, which is often ornamented with double or triple parallel lines, drawn in equidistant, quaternary, and other forms. Most of the bowls show signs of former use, either wear on the inner surface or on the base where they rested on ...
— Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 • Jesse Walter Fewkes
... with Pictet, that Darwin's theory will very well serve for all that concerns the present epoch of the world's history,—an epoch which this renowned palaeontologist regards as including the diluvial or quaternary period,—then Darwin's first and foremost need in his onward course is a practicable road from this into and through the tertiary period, the intervening region between the comparatively near and the far remote past. Here Lyell's doctrine ...
— Atlantic Monthly Volume 6, No. 34, August, 1860 • Various


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