Synonyms for quaternion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwuh-tur-nee-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : kwəˈtɜr ni ən

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Définition of quaternion

As in four : noun four of something

Example sentences :

Even then the captain of the gate was replying to a question from the quaternion.
Extract from : « Ulric the Jarl » by William O. Stoddard

Should neither player be able to form a quaternion, then the game is drawn.
Extract from : « Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do » by Anonymous

The quaternion was a gathering of four sheets of vellum, each folded once; thus forming sixteen pages.
Extract from : « Illuminated Manuscripts in Classical and Mediaeval Times » by J. Henry Middleton

William Hare, the second of our quaternion, was also a native of Ireland, having been born in the neighbourhood of Londonderry.
Extract from : « The Court of Cacus » by Alexander Leighton

As regard class of the first quaternion, like Sancho Panza I have no intention of indicating how old these may be.
Extract from : « Legends & Romances of Spain » by Lewis Spence

Next, to assign the distinction between the first and the second Quaternion in propositions tertii adjacentis.
Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote

These last words are incorrect in fact, for οὐκ ἄνθρωπος does not appear in the first Quaternion, but is reserved for the second.
Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote

Four soldiers formed a quaternion; four quaternions therefore were sixteen men, who were especially appointed to guard Peter.
Extract from : « "Granny's Chapters" » by Lady Mary Ross

His days are thus described: from dawn to the third hour he copied rapidly, filling a (quaternion) each day.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

There was no sound of trumpet at the sun's rising, but a quaternion of legionaries came and the guard was changed.
Extract from : « Ulric the Jarl » by William O. Stoddard

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