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Definition of TERTIARY

Tertiary
Tertiary Ter"ti*a*ry, n.; pl. Tertiaries. 1. (R. C. Ch.) 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. --Addis & Arnold. 2. (Geol.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation. 3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Tertiary
Tertiary Ter"ti*a*ry, a. [L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See Tierce.] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. --Trench. 2. (Chem.) 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.

Meaning of TERTIARY from wikipedia

- Tertiary (/ˈtɜːr.ʃə.ri, ˈtɜːr.ʃiˌɛr.i/ TUR-shə-ree, TUR-shee-err-ee) is an obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago...
- Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary...
- The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known...
- A tertiary source is an index or textual consolidation of already published primary and secondary sources that does not provide additional interpretations...
- A tertiary referral hospital (also called a tertiary hospital, tertiary referral center, tertiary care center, or tertiary center) is a hospital that provides...
- 64-year-olds having completed tertiary education as published by the OECD. It includes some non-OECD nations. Tertiary education is the educational level...
- Look up tertiary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Tertiary is a geologic period. Tertiary (from Latin, meaning 'third' or 'of the third degree/order...
- Tertiary government usually refers to the lowest organizational level of government within three-layered federal systems. Typical federal systems include:...
- Protein tertiary structure is the three-dimensional shape of a protein. The tertiary structure will have a single polypeptide chain "backbone" with one...
- In England and Wales, a tertiary college is a type of further education (FE) college that offers both academic and vocational courses to both teenagers...