quaternary
/kwəˈtɜːnəri/adjective
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चतुर्थक, चौथे क्रम का, चार भागों वाला
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adjective
- 1
[usually before noun] technical
fourth in order, rank or importance; having four parts
चतुर्थक, चौथे क्रम का, चार भागों वाला
- Research and information services are sometimes called the quaternary sector of the economy.
- A quaternary ammonium compound has four groups attached to the nitrogen atom.
- 2
[only before noun] technical
(Quaternary) connected with the most recent period of the earth's history, which began about 2.6 million years ago and includes the present
चतुर्थक कल्प से संबंधित (भूविज्ञान)
- The Quaternary period saw repeated ice ages.
- These river terraces were formed during Quaternary times.
§Grammar and usage
Usage: the series is primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, used for sectors of the economy and in chemistry.
Usage में क्रम primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary होता है, जो economy के sectors और chemistry में प्रयोग होता है।