Synonyms of the word

quaternary

• adj. Of fourth rank or order.
• adj. Of a mathematical expression containing e.g. x⁴.
• adj. Relating to or in number base four.
• n. (chemistry) A quaternary compound.
• n. (geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.

digit

• n. (mathematics) The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined…
• n. (mathematics) Similarly fundamental numerals in other systems.
• n. (units of measure, astronomy) ¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of…
• n. (historical units of measure) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger,…
• n. (units of measure, obsolete) Synonym of inch.
• n. (anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
• n. (zoology) Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
• n. (geometry, rare, obsolete) Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle.
• v. (transitive) To point at or point out with the finger.

figure

• n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
• n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
• n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
• n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
• n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
• n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
• n. A numeral.
• n. A number.
• n. A shape.
• n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
• n. A dance figure, a complex dance move^W.
• n. A figure of speech.
• n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
• n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
• n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
• n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
• v. To solve a mathematical problem.
• v. To come to understand.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
• v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
• v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
• v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
• v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
• v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
• v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
• v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
• v. (music) To embellish.

four

• num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many…
• num. Describing a set or group with four components.
• n. (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
• n. (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
• n. A person who is four years old.
• n. (cricket, countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing…
• n. (basketball, countable) A power forward.
• n. (rowing) Quadruple sculls.
• n. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

foursome

• n. A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of…
• n. A sex act between four people.

fourth

• adj. The ordinal form of the number four.
• n. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
• n. (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
• n. (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
• n. (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

multiple

• adj. Having more than one element, part, component, or function, particularly many.
• n. (mathematics) A whole number that may be divided by another whole number with no remainder.
• n. (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
• n. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
• n. A single individual who has multiple personalities.
• n. One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
• n. A chain store.

ordinal

• adj. Of a number, indicating position in a sequence.
• adj. (taxonomy) Of or relating to the groupings called orders.
• n. An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
• n. A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services.

period

• adj. Appropriate for a given historical era.
• adj. (of a film, or play, or similar) Set in and designed to evoke a particular historical period, especially…
• interj. (chiefly Canada, US) And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
• n. A length of time.
• n. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
• n. (now chiefly Canada, US) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
• n. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition…
• n. Female menstruation.
• n. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
• n. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
• n. (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
• n. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
• n. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic…
• n. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
• n. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
• n. (geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix:…
• n. (genetics) A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
• n. (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
• n. (mathematics) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed…
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.
• v. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to.

quadruplet

• n. One of a group of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
• n. (music) A tuplet of four notes.
• n. A sequence of four elements.
• n. A cycle for carrying four riders, arranged so that all the riders can assist in the propulsion.

quartet

• n. (music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
• n. (music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
• n. (music) A group of four singers, usually males, who sings together in four-part harmony.
• n. Any group of four, especially people.

quaternate

• adj. Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.

quaternion

• n. A group or set of four people or things.
• n. A word of four syllables.
• n. (mathematics) A four-dimensional hypercomplex number that consists of a real dimension and 3 imaginary…

quaternity

• n. (countable) A group or set of four.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being four; fourness.

tetrad

• n. A group of four things.
• n. (cartography) A unit of land area of two by two (that is, four) square kilometres.
• n. (chemistry) A tetravalent atom or radical.
• n. (biology) Two pairs of sister chromatids (a dyad pair) aligned in a certain way and often on the equatorial…
• n. (biology) A group of four haploid and immature pollen grains in tetrahedral fashion produced by meiotic…