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Webster 1913 Edition
Tertiary
Ter′ti-a-ry
,Adj.
1.
Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third;
as, a
. tertiary
use of a wordTrench.
2.
(Chem.)
3.
(Geol.)
Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.
4.
(Zool.)
Growing on the innermost joint of a bird’s wing; tertial; – said of quills.
Tertiary age
. (Geol.)
See under
– Age
, 8. Tertiary color
, a color produced by the mixture of two secondaries.
“The so-called tertiary colors are citrine, russet, and olive.” Fairholt.
– Tertiary period
. (Geol.)
(a)
The first period of the age of mammals, or of the Cenozoic era.
(b)
The rock formation of that period; – called also
– Tertiary formation
. See the Chart of Geology
. Tertiary syphilis
(Med.)
, the third and last stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal organs.
Ter′ti-a-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Tertiaries
. 1.
(R. C. Ch.)
A member of the Third Order in any monastic system;
as, the Franciscan
. See tertiaries
; the Dominican tertiaries
; the Carmelite tertiaries
Third Order
, under Third
. Addis & Arnold.
2.
(Geol.)
The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
3.
(Zool.)
One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of
Bird
. Webster 1828 Edition
Tertiary
TER'TIARY
,Adj.
Tertiary formation, in geology, a series of horizontal strata, more recent than chalk beds, consisting chiefly of sand and clay,and frequently embracing vast quantities of organic remains of the larger animals. It comprehends the alluvial formation, which embraces those deposits only which have resulted from causes still in operation; and the diluvial formation, which is constituted of such deposits as are supposed to have been produced by the deluge.
Definition 2024
Tertiary
Tertiary
See also: tertiary
English
Adjective
Tertiary (not comparable)
- (geology) Of or pertaining to the first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared
Translations
of the first part of the Conzoic era
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Proper noun
Tertiary
Translations
tertiary
tertiary
See also: Tertiary
English
Adjective
tertiary (not comparable)
- Of third rank or order; subsequent.
- (chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.
- a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt
- (zoology, of quills) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.
Derived terms
Translations
third rank or order
Coordinate terms
terms coordinate to tertiary
See also
Noun
tertiary (plural tertiaries)
- A tertiary feather.
- A member of a Roman Catholic third order - the Franciscans, Dominicans and Carmelites among others.
Translations
a tertiary feather
a member of a Roman Catholic third order