Look up: Quaternary

1. Quaternary
   (1) The youngest geologic period; includes the present time. (2) The latest period of time in the stratigraphic column, 0 – 2 million years, represented by local accumulations of glacial (Pleistocene) and post-glacial (Holocene) deposits which continue, without change of fauna, from the top of the Pliocene (Tertiary). The QUATERNARY appears to be an artificial division of time to separate pre-human from post-human sedimentation. As thus defined, the QUATERNARY is increasing in duration as man’s …
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2. Quaternary
   the four lower "principles" in man's sevenfold constitution, to wit: Rupa, Life, Astral Body, and Kama. These four separate and disintegrate in Kama loka after death, for when the link is broken the deserted physical body is as much in Kama loka as the others. The symbol of the Quaternary is a square.
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3. Quaternary
   [n] - last 2 million years
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4. Quaternary
   [n] - last 2 million years
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5. Quaternary
   The geological period covering about 2 million years ago to the present.
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6. quaternary
   an alloy that contains four principal elements Category: General • a digital signal having four significant conditions Category: Electrical engineering and energy • sector of the economy regarding intellectual services,education,consultancy,information,research Category: Economics • climate of the geological period comprising the quanternary glacial phase. Ca…
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7. Quaternary
   Qua·ter"na·ry adjective [ Latin quaternarius consisting of four each, containing four, from quaterni four each, from quattuor four: confer French quaternaire . See Four .] 1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four. 2. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
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8. Quaternary
   Qua·ter"na·ry noun [ Latin numerus quaternarius : confer French quaternaire .] 1. The number four. Boyle. 2. (Geol.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology .
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9. quaternary
   1. Fourth in order. ... 2. Containing four elements or groups. ... Origin: L. Quaternarius, from quattuor = four ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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10. Quaternary
    Quaternary period noun last 2 million years
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11. Quaternary
    The `Quaternary Period` is the geologic time period from the end of the Pliocene Epoch roughly 1`.`806 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary includes 2 geologic subdivisions ` the Pleistocene, including Gelasian that used to belong to the Pliocene, and the Holocene Epochs. There is an ongoing debate of the status of Quaternary - a recent proposal from ICS was to make Quaternary a subperiod under Neogene, but that was retracted at cr...
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12. Quaternary
    The `Quaternary Period` is the geologic time period from the end of the Pliocene Epoch roughly 1`.`806 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary includes 2 geologic subdivisions ` the Pleistocene, including Gelasian that used to belong to the Pliocene, and the Holocene Epochs. There is an ongoing debate of the status of Quaternary - a recent proposal from ICS was to make Quaternary a subperiod under Neogene, but that was retracted at cr...
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13. quaternary
    (kwah´tәr-nar″e) (kwah-tur´nәr-e) fourth in a series. made up of four elements or groups.
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14. Quaternary
    • (a.) Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four. • (n.) The number four. • (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man. • (n.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.
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15. Quaternary
    in the geologic history of Earth, a unit of time within the Cenozoic Era, beginning approximately 2.6 million years ago and continuing to the present ... [8 related articles]
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16. quaternary
    (L. quaternarius, from quattuor four) 1. fourth in order. 2. containing four elements or groups.
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17. quaternary
    quaternary 1. Consisting of four things or parts; characterized by the number four. 2. The most recent geologic period; the current period of geologic time, beginning 1.6 million years ago and characterized by the appearance and dominance of humans.
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18. quaternary
    
    1. last 2 million years
    2. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
    
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