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quatern
(encz) | quatern, n: |
quatern
(wn) | quatern
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn:
four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion,
quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet,
foursome, Little Joe] |
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quaternary
(encz) | quaternary,čtvrtohorní adj: Zdeněk Brožquaternary,čtyřdílný adj: Zdeněk Brožquaternary,kvartér n: Zdeněk Brožquaternary,kvartérní adj: Zdeněk BrožQuaternary,čtvrtohory n: [geol.] geologické období posledních 2,6
milionů let Pino |
quaternary ammonium compound
(encz) | quaternary ammonium compound, n: |
quaternate
(encz) | quaternate, adj: |
quaternion
(encz) | quaternion,čtveřice n: Zdeněk Brož |
quaternity
(encz) | quaternity, n: |
Quaternary
(gcide) | Quaternary \Qua*ter"na*ry\, n. [L. numerus quaternarius: cf. F.
quaternaire.]
1. The number four. --Boyle.
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2. (Geol.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the
Chart of Geology.
[1913 Webster]Quaternary \Qua*ter"na*ry\, a. [L. quaternarius consisting of
four each, containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr.
quattuor four: cf. F. quaternaire. See Four.]
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1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
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2. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary;
Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
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Quaternate
(gcide) | Quaternate \Qua*ter"nate\, a.
Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as,
quaternate leaves.
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Quaternion
(gcide) | Quaternion \Qua*ter"ni*on\, v. t.
To divide into quaternions, files, or companies. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Quaternion \Qua*ter"ni*on\, n. [L. quaternio, fr. quaterni four
each. See Quaternary.]
1. The number four. [Poetic]
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2. A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken
collectively; a group of four words, phrases,
circumstances, facts, or the like.
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Delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers.
--Acts xii. 4.
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Ye elements, the eldest birth
Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run. --Milton.
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The triads and quaternions with which he loaded his
sentences. -- Sir W.
Scott.
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3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
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4. (Math.) The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed
right lines in space, considered as depending on four
geometrical elements, and as expressible by an algebraic
symbol of quadrinomial form.
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Note: The science or calculus of quaternions is a new
mathematical method, in which the conception of a
quaternion is unfolded and symbolically expressed, and
is applied to various classes of algebraical,
geometrical, and physical questions, so as to discover
theorems, and to arrive at the solution of problems.
--Sir W. R. Hamilton.
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Quaternity
(gcide) | Quaternity \Qua*ter"ni*ty\, n. [LL. quaternitas, fr. L. quaterni
four each: cf. F. quaternit['e].]
1. The number four. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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2. The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous
to the theological term trinity.
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quaternary
(wn) | quaternary
adj 1: consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four;
"quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" [syn:
quaternate, quaternary]
2: 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" [syn: fourth, 4th, quaternary]
n 1: last 2 million years [syn: Quaternary, {Quaternary
period}, Age of Man]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn:
four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion,
quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet,
foursome, Little Joe] |
quaternary ammonium compound
(wn) | quaternary ammonium compound
n 1: a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms
replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents,
disinfectants, and in drugs |
quaternary period
(wn) | Quaternary period
n 1: last 2 million years [syn: Quaternary, {Quaternary
period}, Age of Man] |
quaternate
(wn) | quaternate
adj 1: consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four;
"quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" [syn:
quaternate, quaternary] |
quaternion
(wn) | quaternion
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn:
four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion,
quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet,
foursome, Little Joe] |
quaternity
(wn) | quaternity
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn:
four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion,
quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet,
foursome, Little Joe] |
two-binary, one-quaternary
(foldoc) | two-binary, one-quaternary
2B1Q
(2B1Q) A physical layer encoding used for
Integrated Services Digital Network basic rate interface.
2B1Q represents two bits (2B - a "dibit") using one of four
signal levels (1Q - a "quadratude"). The first bit of the
dibit is indicated by polarity: positive indicates a binary 1
and negative indicates a 0. The second half of the dibit is
indicated by voltage magnitude: 1 Volt indicates a binary 1
and 3 Volts indicates binary 0.
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