Word
Tertiary
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
ter-tiar-y
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.
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