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quaternary

[kwot-er-ner-ee, kwuh-tur-nuh-ree] / ˈkwɒt ərˌnɛr i, kwəˈtɜr nə ri /




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Sunway Healthcare operates its flagship quaternary hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Sunway Healthcare operates its flagship quaternary hospital in Kuala Lumpur, the country’s capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 5, 2025

It's tough, however, to make these molecules if they require a quaternary carbon -- a carbon atom bonded to four other carbon atoms.

From Science Daily Apr. 5, 2024

The Salyerses’ unusual marriage is known as a quaternary marriage, and their sons are known as quaternary twins.

From Washington Post Aug. 24, 2022

Primary and secondary fell out of use altogether, while quaternary was discarded by some but kept by others.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

It is easy to understand the composition of secondaries, but it is not so easy to know the tertiaries and quaternaries.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)

The second circle is composed of the secondaries; the third circle, the tertiaries, and the outer circle, the quaternaries.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)

In Diagram II we have arranged at opposite points the primaries 1, the secondaries 2, the tertiaries 3, the quaternaries 4.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)

One authority fixes the neutrals as being black, gray and white; another regards them as those hues or tones which lack definite color, like quaternaries.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)




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