Words Like TERTIARY

We have put together a list of words that are similar to TERTIARY.

7 Alternative Words Similar to tertiary

1 Third Adjective      Synonym Words Like Third
2 3rd Adjective      Synonym Words Like 3rd
3 Ordinal Adjective      Similar Words Like Ordinal
4 Tertiary Noun      Synonym Words Like Tertiary
5 Period Noun      Synonym Words Like Period
6 Primary Adjective      Variant Words Like Primary
7 Secondary Adjective      Variant Words Like Secondary

3 examples of tertiary

1 a tertiary use of a word
2 a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt
3 the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries

10 definitions of tertiary

1 Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third.
2 Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals. Cf. Primary, and Secondary.
3 Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.
4 Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.
5 A member of the Third Order in any monastic system. See Third Order, under third.
6 The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
7 One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
8 from 63 million to 2 million years ago
9 coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
10 Third in place, order, degree, or rank.
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