Quaternary as a noun: 1 quaternary 2 1 2
Quaternary Age of Man Quaternary period geological period period Holocene Holocene epoch Recent Recent epoch Glacial epoch Pleistocene Pleistocene epoch Age of Mammals Cenozoic Cenozoic era jump to corresponding sense entry
Quaternary noun
1 Quaternary 2 quaternary The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
synonyms: 4 , four , foursome , IV , Little Joe , quadruplet , quartet , quatern , quaternion , quaternity , tetrad ... show more .
Dutch: quaternion, vier, vijf Polish: czwórka
adjective
1 quaternary 2 quaternary Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude:— The quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present.
synonyms: 4th , fourth .
Polish: czwarty
Roget 124 :old ,
ancient ,
antique ;
of long standing ,
time-honored ,
venerable ;
elder ,
eldest ;
firstborn .
prime ;
primitive ,
primeval ,
primigenous † ;
paleolontological ,
paleontologic ,
paleoanthropological ,
paleoanthropic † ,
paleolithic ,
primordial ,
primordinate † ;
aboriginal
etc.
(beginning)
66 diluvian † ,
antediluvian ;
protohistoric † ;
prehistoric ;
antebellum ,
colonial ,
precolumbian ;
patriarchal ,
preadamite † ;
paleocrystic † ;
fossil ,
paleozoolical ,
paleozoic ,
preglacial † ,
antemundane † ;
archaic ,
classic ,
medieval ,
Pre-Raphaelite ,
ancestral ,
black-letter .
immemorial ,
traditional ,
prescriptive ,
customary ,
whereof the memory of man runneth not to the whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary ;
inveterate ,
rooted .
antiquated ,
of other times ,
rococo ,
of the old school ,
after-age ,
obsolete ;
out of date ,
out of fashion ,
out of it ;
stale ,
old-fashioned ,
behind the age ;
old-world ;
exploded ;
gone out ,
gone by ;
passe ,
run out ;
senile
etc.
128 time worn ;
crumbling
etc.
(deteriorated)
659 secondhand .
old as the hills ,
old as Methuselah ,
old as Adam † ,
old as history .
[geological eras (list, starting at given number of years bp)]
Archeozoic
[5 ,000,000,000],
Proterozoic
[1 ,500,000,000],
Paleozoic
[600 ,000,000],
Mesozoic
[220 ,000,000],
Cenozoic
[70 ,000,000].
[geological periods]
Precambrian ,
Cambrian
[600 ,000,000],
Ordovician
[500 ,000,000],
Silurian
[440 ,000,000],
Devonian
[400 ,000,000],
Mississippian
[350 ,000,000],
Pennsylvanian
[300 ,000,000],
Permian
[270 ,000,000],
Triassic
[220 ,000,000],
Jurassic
[180 ,000,000],
Cretaceous
[135 ,000,000],
Tertiary
[70 ,000,000],
Paleogene
[70 ,000,000],
Neocene
[25 ,0000,000],
Quaternary
[1 ,000,000].
[geological epochs (list, starting at 70,000,000 years bp)]
Paleocene ,
Eocene ,
Oligocene ,
Miocene ,
Pliocene ,
Pleistocene ,
Recent .
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Moby thesaurus: Little Joe , biquadrate , biquadratic , four , four-legged , four-part diaphony , four-rayed , foursome , foursquare , quad , quadrangle , quadrature , quadrennium , quadric , quadrilateral , quadrille , quadrinomial , quadrivalent , quadruped , quadruplet , quartet , quartic , quartile , quatern , quaternion , quaternity , quatrefoil , rectangle , square , square dance , squaring , tetractinal , tetrad , tetragon , tetragram , tetragrammaton , tetrahedron , tetralogy , tetraphony , tetrapody , tetravalent ... show more .
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