Definitions of TERTIARY [ˈtɜr ʃiˌɛr i, -ʃə ri]

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Definition of 'TERTIARY'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) tertiary
of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; third.

2.  tertiary
noting or containing a carbon atom united to three other carbon atoms.

3.  tertiary
formed by replacement of three atoms or groups.

4.  tertiary
(cap.) noting or pertaining to the earlier period of the Cenozoic Era, beginning about 65 million years ago, during which mammals gained ascendancy.

5.  tertiary
noting or pertaining to a Third Order.

6. (n.) tertiary
(cap.) the Tertiary Period or System.

7.  tertiary
(often cap.) a member of a Third Order.

Etymology: (1540–50; < L tertiārius of third part or rank)

Definition of 'TERTIARY'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) Tertiary, Tertiary period
from 63 million to 2 million years ago

2. (adj) third, 3rd, tertiary
coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

Definition of 'TERTIARY'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) TERTIARY
being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word

2. (adj) TERTIARY
possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary

3. (adj) TERTIARY
later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary

4. (adj) TERTIARY
growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills

5. (noun) TERTIARY
a member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third

6. (noun) TERTIARY
the Tertiary era, period, or formation

7. (noun) TERTIARY
one of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird

Translation of 'TERTIARY'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: of or at a third level, degree, stage etc Tertiary education follows secondary education.
Afrikaans: tersiêr	Arabic: ثُلاثي	Bulgarian: третичен
Brazilian: terciário	Czech: terciární	German: tertiär
Danish: tredje-	Greek: τριτοβάθμιος	Spanish: terciario
Estonian: kolmanda astme	Farsi: سومین؛ ثالث	Finnish: tertiäärinen
French: tertiaire	Hebrew: שְׁלִישִי	Hindi: तीसरी श्रेणी का
Croatian: tercijaran, koji pripada	Hungarian: harmadfokú; felsőfkú	Indonesian: tingkat tiga
Icelandic: þriðja stigs	Italian: terziario	Japanese: 第３次[]の
Korean: 제3의	Lithuanian: trečio laipsnio, trečios	Latvian: trešās pakāpes-
Malay: tinggi	Dutch: tertiair	Norwegian: i tredje rekke, tertiær-
Polish: trzeciorzędny, trzeciego	Portuguese: terciário	Romanian: superior; terţiar
Russian: третьеступенчатый	Slovak: terciárny	Slovenian: tretjestopenjski
Serbian: tercijalan	Swedish: som kommer i tredje hand,	Thai: ลำดับที่สาม
Turkish: üçüncü derecede/sırada ol	Taiwanese: 第三的, 第三級的	Ukrainian: третинний
Urdu: تيسرے درجے کا	Vietnamese: thứ ba	Chinese: 第三的，第三级的
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