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tertiary

ter·ti·ar·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tur-shee-er-ee, tur-shuh-ree]
    • /ˈtɜr ʃiˌɛr i, ˈtɜr ʃə ri/
    • /ˈtɜː.ʃər.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tur-shee-er-ee, tur-shuh-ree]
    • /ˈtɜr ʃiˌɛr i, ˈtɜr ʃə ri/

Definitions of tertiary word

  • adjective tertiary of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; third. 1
  • adjective tertiary Chemistry. noting or containing a carbon atom united to three other carbon atoms. formed by replacement of three atoms or groups. 1
  • adjective tertiary (initial capital letter) Geology. noting or pertaining to the period forming the earlier part of the Cenozoic Era, occurring from 65 million to 2 million years ago, characterized by the development and proliferation of mammals. 1
  • adjective tertiary Ornithology. tertial. 1
  • adjective tertiary Ecclesiastical. noting or pertaining to a branch, or third order, of certain religious orders that consists of lay members living in community (regular tertiaries) or living in the world (secular tertiaries) 1
  • noun plural tertiary (initial capital letter) Geology. the Tertiary Period or System. 1
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Origin of tertiary

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; < Latin tertiārius of third part or rank, equivalent to terti(us) third + -ārius -ary

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Parts of speech for Tertiary

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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tertiary popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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  • brown

    Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.

  • chalicothere

    any of various very large extinct Tertiary horselike perissodactyl mammals that had clawed feet but otherwise resembled titanotheres

  • dinothere

    any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.

  • eocene

    of, denoting, or formed in the second epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for 20 000 000 years, during which hooved mammals appeared

  • eolith

    A roughly chipped flint found in Tertiary strata, originally thought to be an early artifact but probably of natural origin.

  • gumma

    a rubbery, tumorlike lesion associated with tertiary syphilis.
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