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quaternise

quaternise is the alternative spelling of quaternize.

Meaning of quaternize

Verb

quaternize (third-person singular simple present quaternizes, present participle quaternizing, simple past and past participle quaternized)

  1. To convert an amine into a quaternary ammonium compound

Forms of quaternise

third-person singular presentquaternises
present participlequaternising
past participlequaternised
pastquaternised

Questions about quaternise

What is quaternise the alternative spelling of?
Quaternise is the alternative spelling of quaternize.

Words near quaternise in the dictionary

  1. quaternionist
  2. quaternionists
  3. quaternions
  4. quaternisation
  5. quaternisations
  6. quaternise
  7. quaternised
  8. quaternises
  9. quaternising
  10. quaternitarian
  11. quaternities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quaternise (page history and authors); quaternize (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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