Words Like TERTIARY
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to TERTIARY.
    
    
    
        
            7 Alternative Words Similar to tertiary
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        3 examples of tertiary
           
        
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        a tertiary use of a word
    
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        a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt
    
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        the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of tertiary
           
        
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        Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third.
    
    
    
 
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        Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals. Cf. Primary, and Secondary.
    
    
    
 
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        Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.
    
    
    
 
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        Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.
    
    
    
 
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        A member of the Third Order in any monastic system. See Third Order, under third.
    
    
    
 
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        The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
    
    
    
 
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        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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        from 63 million to 2 million years ago
    
    
    
 
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        coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
    
    
    
 
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        Third in place, order, degree, or rank.