quaternary
adjective
consisting of four.
quaternaries
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pluralof quaternary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The second circle is composed of the secondaries; the third circle, the tertiaries, and the outer circle, the quaternaries.
From Color Value by C. R. (Chandler Robbins) Clifford
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 C. R. (Chandler Robbins) Clifford
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 C. R. (Chandler Robbins) Clifford
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 C. R. (Chandler Robbins) Clifford
