the quaternary system
1Quaternary numeral system — Quaternary is the base num|4 numeral system. It uses the digits 0, 1, 2 and 3 to represent any real number.It shares with all fixed radix numeral systems many properties, such as the ability to represent any real number with a canonical… …
2Quaternary glaciation — The Ice Age redirects here. For other uses, see Ice age (disambiguation). Last ice age redirects here. This term is also used for the last glacial period of the Quaternary glaciation. Northern Hemisphere glaciation during the Last Glacial Maximum …
3Quaternary ammonium muscle relaxants — are quaternary ammonium salts used as drugs for muscle relaxation, most commonly in anasthesia. It is necessary to prevent spontaneous movement of muscle during surgical operations. Muscle relaxants inhibit neuron transmission to muscle by… …
4The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases — The Tertiary Phase , Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase are radio adaptations of the books Life, the Universe and Everything , So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless recorded in 2003 and 2004 by Above the Title Productions… …
5quaternary — /kwot euhr ner ee, kweuh terr neuh ree/, adj., n., pl. quaternaries. adj. 1. consisting of four. 2. arranged in fours. 3. (cap.) Geol. noting or pertaining to the present period of earth history, forming the latter part of the Cenozoic Era,… …
6Quaternary extinction event — Late Pleistocene landscape of northern Eurasia The Quaternary period saw the extinctions of numerous predominantly larger, especially megafaunal, species, many of which occurred during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch.… …
7quaternary — I. adjective Etymology: Latin quaternarius, from quaterni four each Date: 1605 1. a. of, relating to, or consisting of four units or members b. of, relating to, or being a number system with a base of four 2. capitalized of, relating to, or being …
8Quaternary — adj. & n. adj. 1 having four parts. 2 (Quaternary) Geol. of or relating to the most recent period in the Cenozoic era with evidence of many species of present day plants and animals (cf. PLEISTOCENE, HOLOCENE). Usage: Cf. Appendix II. n. (pl.… …
9quaternary — adj. & n. adj. 1 having four parts. 2 (Quaternary) Geol. of or relating to the most recent period in the Cenozoic era with evidence of many species of present day plants and animals (cf. PLEISTOCENE, HOLOCENE). Usage: Cf. Appendix II. n. (pl.… …
10quaternary — quat•er•nar•y [[t]ˈkwɒt ərˌnɛr i, kwəˈtɜr nə ri[/t]] adj. n. pl. nar•ies 1) consisting of four 2) arranged in fours 3) gel (cap.) of or pertaining to the present period of earth history forming the latter part of the Cenozoic Era, originating… …
