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Dominican tertiariesDominican Do*min"i*can, a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus,
Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.]
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to
the religions communities named from him.
Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic,
and chiefly employed in teaching.
Dominican tertiaries (the third order of St. Dominic). See
Tertiary. Posttertiary
Posttertiary Post*ter"ti*a*ry, a. [Pref. post- + tertiary.]
(Geol.)
Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.
Pretertiary
Pretertiary Pre*ter"ti*a*ry, a. (Geol.)
Earlier than Tertiary.
Semitertian
Semitertian Sem`i*ter"tian, a. (Med.)
Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian
intermittent. -- n. An intermittent combining the
characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
Sesquitertial
Sesquitertial Ses`qui*ter"tial, a.
Sesquitertian.
SesquitertianSesquitertian Ses`qui*ter"tian, Sesquitertianal
Ses`qui*ter"tian*al, a. [Sesqui- + L. tertianus belonging to
the third. Cf. Tertian.] (Math.)
Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3). SesquitertianalSesquitertian Ses`qui*ter"tian, Sesquitertianal
Ses`qui*ter"tian*al, a. [Sesqui- + L. tertianus belonging to
the third. Cf. Tertian.] (Math.)
Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3). TertialTertial Ter"tial, a. & n. [From L. tertius third, the tertial
feathers being feathers of the third row. See Tierce.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Same as Tertiary. TertianTertian Ter"tian, a. [L. tertianus, from tertius the third.
See Tierce.] (Med.)
Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever. Tertian
Tertian Ter"tian, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF.
tertiane.]
1. (Med.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which
returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in
which the intermission lasts one day.
2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy
imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of
a tun.
TertiariesTertiary 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. TertiaryTertiary 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. TertiaryTertiary 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. Tertiate
Tertiate Ter"ti*ate, v. t. [L. tertiatus, p. p. of tertiare to
do for the third time, fr. tertius the third.]
1. To do or perform for the third time. [Obs. & R.]
--Johnson.
2. (Gun.) To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the
muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness
of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.
Meaning of Tertia from wikipedia
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Tertia is the
Latin word for "third" In
ancient Roman the word
often denoted a
third daughter of a
family Aemilia Tertia (circa 230-163 BC), wife of Scipio...
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Tertia (died
after 74 BC) was an
ancient Roman actress and dancer.
Tertia was born on
Sicily as the
daughter of the dancer-actor Isidorus. She is famous...
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Tertia (German: Der
Kampf der
Tertia) may
refer to:
Fight of the
Tertia (novel), a 1928 work by the
German writer Wilhelm Speyer Fight of the
Tertia (1929...
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Mucia Tertia (fl. 79 – 31 BC) was a
Roman matrona who
lived in the 1st century BC. She was the
daughter of
Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the
pontifex maximus...
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terms for it are the
plica semilunaris,
membrana nictitans, or
palpebra tertia. The
nictitating membrane is a
transparent or
translucent third eyelid present...
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Aemilia Tertia (d. 162 or 163 BC),
properly Aemilia, was the wife of
Scipio Afric****. She was a
member of the gens Aemilia, one of the
ancient Roman patrician...
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Glipodes is a
genus of
tumbling flower beetles in the
family Mordellidae.
There are at
least two
described species in Glipodes,
found in North, Central...
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Palaestina Salutaris or
Palaestina Tertia was a
Byzantine (Eastern Roman) province,
which covered the area of the Negev,
Sinai (except the north-western...
- the
Roman numbering the hour just
preceding this
division was
called hora
tertia (the
third hour) from
which the word
terce is derived.
Since the
Roman day...
- The gens
Tertia was an
obscure plebeian family at
ancient Rome.
Hardly any
members of this gens are
mentioned by
Roman writers, but a few are
known from...
