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quaternal

quaternal adjective: occurring in fours, or having four elements.

Adjective

quaternal (not comparable)

  1. Occurring in fours, or having four elements.

Words formed from quaternal

Questions about quaternal

What does quaternal mean?
Quaternal means occurring in fours, or having four elements.
What part of speech is quaternal?
Quaternal is an adjective.

Words near quaternal in the dictionary

  1. quatercentennial
  2. quatercentennials
  3. quaterfoil
  4. quaterfoils
  5. quatern
  6. quaternal
  7. quaternalize
  8. quaternalized
  9. quaternarian
  10. quaternaries
  11. quaternarii

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