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quaquaversal Tweet Definition of quaquaversal Like Definition of quaquaversal on Facebook
adjective 
  1. going off in all directions at once
  • 1990: She had a long look at him, and after having just spent hours with Frenesi"s face, found it easier now to make out, past the beard and smudged eyeglass lenses, as clearly as she ever would in Zoyd her own not-yet-come-to-terms-with face. " Thomas Pynchon, Vineland
    1. (geology) dipping away from a centre in all directions
     
Quaternary Tweet Definition of Quaternary Like Definition of Quaternary on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.
     

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