tertiary
Meaning of tertiary
- third in order or level.
the tertiary stage of the disease
- relating to or denoting the first period of the Cenozoic era, between the Cretaceous and Quaternary periods, and comprising the Palaeogene and Neogene sub-periods.
- (of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is itself bonded to three other carbon atoms.
- denoting or relating to carnivores that eat other carnivores and omnivores.
the tertiary consumers must hunt for their food
- the Tertiary period or the system of rocks deposited during it.
- a lay associate of certain Christian monastic organizations.
a Franciscan tertiary
mid 16th century (in tertiary (sense 2 of the noun)): from Latin tertiarius ‘of the third part or rank’, from tertius ‘third’.
Information about tertiary
- The plural form of tertiary is: tertiaries.
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Hyphenation of tertiary
ter-tiary
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- tertiary is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
tertiary synonyms
Meaning third:
Meaning Tertiary:
Words that rhyme with tertiary
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