Finnish Meaning of tertiary

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Definitions and Meaning of tertiary in English

Wordnet

tertiary (n)

from 63 million to 2 million years ago

Wordnet

tertiary (s)

coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

Webster

tertiary (a.)

Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.

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.

Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.

Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.

Webster

tertiary (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.

The era, period, or formation.

One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

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[tertiaarinen](https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&sl=en&tl=fi&text=tertiary&op=translate)

from 63 million to 2 million years ago, coming next after the second and just before the fourth in positionBeing of the third formation, order, or rank; third;

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tertiaries => Tertiaarit, tertian => tersaani, tertial => tertiäärinen, ter-tenant => alivuokraaja, tersulphuret => Trisulfidi,