Definition:
- (a.) Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.
- (a.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
- (n.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Compare tertiary with other words:
ascertain vs. tertiary
tertiary vs. thirdly
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ancillary vs. tertiary
nummulite vs. tertiary
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grant vs. tertiary
sound vs. tertiary
cenozoic vs. tertiary
carmelite vs. tertiary
dominican vs. tertiary
franciscan vs. tertiary
feather vs. tertiary
cubic vs. tertiary
duodenary vs. tertiary
denary vs. tertiary
octonary vs. tertiary
septenary vs. tertiary
senary vs. tertiary
quinary vs. tertiary
quaternary vs. tertiary
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quill vs. tertiary
radical vs. tertiary
atom vs. tertiary
tertiary vs. three
substitution vs. tertiary
subsequent vs. tertiary
order vs. tertiary
rank vs. tertiary
secondary vs. tertiary
prime vs. tertiary
breeder vs. tertiary
crag vs. tertiary
primary vs. tertiary
school vs. tertiary