English-Thai Dictionary
Quaternary
ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น ของ ยุคหิน ใหม่ sueng-pen-kong-yuk-hin-mai
quaternary
ADJ ซึ่ง ประกอบด้วย สี่ ส่วน sueng-pra-kob-duai-se-suan
quaternate
ADJ ซึ่ง จัด เป็น สี่ ส่วน ประกอบด้วย สี่ ส่วน sueng-jad-pen-se-suan
quaternion
N กลุ่ม ละ สี่ คน กลุ่ม ละ สี่ อัน
quaternity
N กลุ่ม ละ สี่ คน กลุ่ม ละ สี่ ชิ้น สิ่งเดียว แต่ มี สี่ รูปแบบ
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUATERN
a.[L. quaterni, four, from quatuor, four. ] Consisting of four; fourfold; growing by fours; as quatern leaves.
QUATERNARY
n.[L. quaternarius, from quatuor, four. ] The number four.
QUATERNARY
a.Consisting of four.
QUATERNION
n.[L. quaternio, from quatuor, four. ] 1. The number four.
2. A file of four soldiers. Acts 12:4.
QUATERNION
v.t.To divide into files or companies.
QUATERNITY
n.[supra. ] The number four.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUATERNARY
Qua *ter "na *ry, a. Etym: [L. quaternarius consisting of four each, containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quaternaire. See Four. ]
1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
QUATERNARY
Qua *ter "na *ry, n. Etym: [L. numerus quaternarius: cf. F.quaternaire. ]
1. The number four. Boyle.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology.
QUATERNATE
QUATERNATE Qua *ter "nate, a.
Defn: Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.
QUATERNION
Qua *ter "ni *on, n. Etym: [L. quaternio, fr. quaterni four each. See Quaternary. ]
1. The number four. [Poetic ]
2. A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like. Delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers. Acts xii. 4.Ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run. Milton. The triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences. Sir W. Scott.
3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
4. (Math. )
Defn: 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.
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.
QUATERNION
QUATERNION Qua *ter "ni *on, v. t.
Defn: To divide into quaternions, files, or companies. Milton.
QUATERNITY
Qua *ter "ni *ty, n. Etym: [LL. quaternitas, fr. L. quaterni four each: cf. F. quaternité.]
1. The number four. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.
2. The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the theological term trinity.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quaternary
quat er nar y |ˈkwätərˌnerē ˈkwɑdərnɛri | ▶adjective 1 fourth in order or rank; belonging to the fourth order. 2 ( Quaternary ) Geology of, relating to, or denoting the most recent period in the Cenozoic era, following the Tertiary period and comprising the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs (and thus including the present ). 3 Chemistry denoting an ammonium compound containing a cation of the form NR 4 +, where R represents organic groups or atoms other than hydrogen. • (of a carbon atom ) bonded to four other carbon atoms. ▶noun (the Quaternary ) Geology the Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it. The Quaternary began about 1,640,000 years ago. Humans and other mammals evolved into their present forms and were strongly affected by the ice ages of the Pleistocene. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun denoting a set of four ): from Latin quaternarius, from quaterni ‘four at once, ’ from quater ‘four times, ’ from quattuor ‘four. ’
quaternion
qua ter ni on |kwəˈtərnēən, kwä -kwəˈtərniən | ▶noun 1 Mathematics a complex number of the form w + xi + yj + zk, where w, x, y, z are real numbers and i, j, k are imaginary units that satisfy certain conditions. 2 rare a set of four people or things. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from late Latin quaternio (n- ), from Latin quarterni (see quaternary ).
Oxford Dictionary
quaternary
quaternary |kwəˈtəːn (ə )ri | ▶adjective 1 fourth in order or rank; belonging to the fourth order. 2 ( Quaternary ) Geology relating to or denoting the most recent period in the Cenozoic era, following the Tertiary period and comprising the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. 3 Chemistry denoting an ammonium compound containing a cation of the form NR 4 +, where R represents organic groups or atoms other than hydrogen. • (of a carbon atom ) bonded to four other carbon atoms. ▶noun ( the Quaternary ) Geology the Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it. The Quaternary began about 1,640,000 years ago and is still current. Humans and other mammals evolved into their present forms, and were strongly affected by the ice ages of the Pleistocene. ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun denoting a set of four ): from Latin quaternarius, from quaterni ‘four at once ’, from quater ‘four times ’, from quattuor ‘four ’.
quaternion
quaternion |kwəˈtəːnɪən | ▶noun 1 Mathematics a complex number of the form w + xi + yj + zk, where w, x, y, z are real numbers and i, j, k are imaginary units that satisfy certain conditions. 2 rare a set of four people or things. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from late Latin quaternio (n- ), from Latin quarterni (see quaternary ).
Duden Dictionary
quaternär
qua ter när Adjektiv Chemie |quatern ä r |lateinisch quaternarius = aus je vieren bestehend aus vier Teilen bestehend; aus vier Bestandteilen zusammengesetzt
Quaternio
Qua ter nio Substantiv, maskulin , der |Quat e rnio |der Quaternio; Genitiv: des Quaternios, Plural: die Quaternionen aus vier Einheiten zusammengesetztes Ganzes oder zusammengesetzte Zahl
Quaternion
Qua ter ni on Substantiv, feminin Mathematik , die |Quaterni o n |die Quaternion; Genitiv: der Quaternion, Plural: die Quaternionen Zahlensystem mit vier komplexen Einheiten
French Dictionary
quaternaire
quaternaire adj. et n. m. adjectif 1 économie Se dit du secteur d ’activité économique comprenant les activités de recherche, de conseil. : Le Québec se distingue par la vitalité de son secteur quaternaire, par la qualité de ses chercheurs ainsi qu ’en témoignent ses percées scientifiques dans le domaine biomédical. Note Technique Le secteur primaire regroupe les activités productrices de matières premières (agriculture, mines, etc. ); le secteur secondaire, les activités de transformation des matières premières en biens (industrie ); le secteur tertiaire, les services (administration, transport, informatique, etc. ). 2 Se dit de l ’ère géologique la plus récente. nom masculin 1 Ère géologique la plus récente. 2 économie Secteur d ’activité économique comprenant les activités de recherche, de conseil. : Les diplômés universitaires travaillent principalement dans le tertiaire et le quaternaire. Prononciation La première syllabe se prononce koua, [kwatɛrnɛr ]
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
quaternary
qua ter na ry /kwɑ́ːtə r nèri |kwətə́ː r n (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ries C 形容詞 1 4個1組 (の ); 4 (の ).2 〘化 〙4元素 (からなる ).3 〖the Q- 〗〘地 〙第四紀 (の ).