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quarternary

quarternary is the misspelling of quaternary.

Meaning of quaternary

Adjective

quaternary (not comparable)

  1. Of fourth rank or order.
    • the quaternary stress in a pronounced word
  2. Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x⁴.
  3. Relating to or in number base four.
  4. having a quaternary ammonium group.
    • The available anticholinergics are divided into the tertiary anticholinergics, which cross the blood–brain barrier, and the quaternary anticholinergics, which do not cross the blood–brain barrier.2013, Eric Prommer, “Anticholinergics in Palliative Medicine: An Update”, in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, volume 30, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 490–498
  5. Composed of four elements.

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Phrases with quarternary

Questions about quarternary

What is quarternary the misspelling of?
Quarternary is the misspelling of quaternary.

Words near quarternary in the dictionary

  1. quartermiler
  2. quartermilers
  3. quartermistress
  4. quartermistresses
  5. quartern
  6. quarternary
  7. quarternary structure
  8. quarterns
  9. quarteron
  10. quarterons
  11. quarteroon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quarternary (page history and authors); quaternary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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