tertiary (redirected from tertiaries)

ter·ti·ar·y  (tûrsh-r)

adj.

1. Third in place, order, degree, or rank.

2. Of, relating to, or designating the short flight feathers nearest the body on the rear edge of a bird's wing.

3. Chemistry

a. Of or relating to salts of acids containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms.

b. Of or relating to organic compounds in which a group, such as an alcohol or amine, is bound to three nonelementary radicals.

4. Tertiary Of or belonging to the geologic time, system of rocks, or sedimentary deposits of the first period of the Cenozoic Era, characterized by the appearance of modern flora and of apes and other large mammals. See Table at geologic time.

n. pl. ter·ti·ar·ies

1. A tertiary feather.

2. Tertiary The Tertiary Period or its system of deposits.

3. Roman Catholic Church A member of a religious Third Order.

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[Latin tertirius, from tertius, third; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]

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tertiary [ˈtɜːʃərɪ]

adj

1. third in degree, order, etc.

2. (Social Science / Education) (of education) taking place after secondary school, such as at university, college, etc.

3. (Economics) (of an industry) involving services as opposed to extraction or manufacture, such as transport, finance, etc. Compare primary [8b] secondary [7]

4. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church of or relating to a Third Order

5. (Chemistry) Chem

a.  (of an organic compound) having a functional group attached to a carbon atom that is attached to three other groups

b.  (of an amine) having three organic groups attached to a nitrogen atom

c.  (of a salt) derived from a tribasic acid by replacement of all its acidic hydrogen atoms with metal atoms or electropositive groups

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also tertial Ornithol rare of, relating to, or designating any of the small flight feathers attached to the part of the humerus nearest to the body

n pl -tiaries

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also called tertial Ornithol rare any of the tertiary feathers

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church a member of a Third Order

[from Latin tertiārius containing one third, from tertius third]

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Tertiary [ˈtɜːʃərɪ]

adj

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) of, denoting, or formed in the first period of the Cenozoic era, which lasted for 63 million years, during which mammals became dominant

n

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the. the Tertiary period or rock system, divided into Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs or series

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tertiary  (tûrsh-r)

Noun

Tertiary. The first period of the Cenozoic Era, from about 65 to 2 million years ago. During this time the continents took on their present form, and the climate changed from being warmer and wetter, in the early part of the period, to being drier and cooler in the later part. Mammals replaced dinosaurs as the dominant form of terrestrial animal life, and many modern types of flowering plants, insects, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds appeared. The Tertiary is subdivided into the Paleogene and the Neogene, although these terms are not as widely used as are the names of the epochs that constitute them. See Chart at geologic time.

Adjective

1.

a. Relating to or having a carbon atom that is attached to three other carbon atoms in a molecule.

b. Relating to an organic molecule, such as an alcohol, in which the functional group is attached to a tertiary carbon.

2. Relating to an advanced level of medical care, usually provided by subspecialists after the delivery of primary medical care. Compare primarysecondary

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Tertiary - from 63 million to 2 million years ago Tertiary period Age of Mammals, Cenozoic, Cenozoic era - approximately the last 63 million years Pliocene, Pliocene epoch - from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals Miocene, Miocene epoch - from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals Oligocene, Oligocene epoch - from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats Eocene, Eocene epoch - from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals Paleocene, Paleocene epoch - from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
Adj.	1.	tertiary - coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position 3rd, third ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"

Translations

tertiary [ˈtɜːʃərɪ] ADJ

1. (Econ) [sector] → terciario

2. (Educ) tertiary education → enseñanza f superior

3. (Geol) [rocks, deposits] → terciario
the Tertiary period → la época terciaria

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tertiary [ˈtɜː^rʃəri] adj [studies] → supérieur(e); [course, qualification] → de l'enseignement supérieur tertiary college, tertiary education
tertiary college n (British) établissement accueillant des élèves de terminale et dispensant une formation professionnelle
tertiary education n (British) → enseignement m supérieur
tertiary sector n
the tertiary sector → le secteur tertiaire

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tertiary

adj → tertiär; tertiary education (Brit) → Universitätsausbildung f

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tertiary:

tertiary burns

pl → Verbrennungen pl → dritten Grades

tertiary colour

n → Mischfarbe f

Tertiary period

n (Geol) → Tertiär nt

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tertiary [ˈtɜːʃərɪ] adj (gen) → terziario/a
tertiary education (Brit) → educazione f superiore post-scolastica
tertiary sector (Industry) → settore m terziario

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tertiary [ˈtɜːʃərɪ] adj (gen) → terziario/a
tertiary education (Brit) → educazione f superiore post-scolastica
tertiary sector (Industry) → settore m terziario

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tertiary

adj tertiary [ˈtəːʃəri]

of or at a third level, degree, stage etc Tertiary education follows secondary education. tersiêr ثُلاثي третичен terciární tredje- tertiär τριτοβάθμιος terciario kolmanda astme سومین؛ ثالث tertiäärinen tertiaire שְׁלִישִי तीसरी श्रेणी का tercijaran, koji pripada trećem redu harmadfokú; felsőfkú tingkat tiga þriðja stigs terziario 第３次[]の 제3의 trečio laipsnio, trečios pakopos trešās pakāpes- tinggi tertiair i tredje rekke, tertiær- trzeciorzędny, trzeciego stopnia terciário superior; terţiar третьеступенчатый terciárny tretjestopenjski tercijalan som kommer i tredje hand, tertiär ลำดับที่สาม üçüncü derecede/sırada olan 第三的, 第三級的 третинний تيسرے درجے کا thứ ba 第三的, 第三级的