tertiary 音标拼音: [t'ɚʃɚi] [t'ɚʃi
, ɛri]
a . 第三的,第三位的,第三世纪的
n . 第三重音,第三会员,第三纪
第三的,第三位的,第三世纪的第三重音,第三会员,第三纪
tertiary 三次式
tertiary adj 1 :
coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position [
synonym : {
third }, {
3rd }, {
tertiary }]
n 1 :
from 63 million to 2 million years ago [
synonym : {
Tertiary },
{
Tertiary period }]
Tertiary \
Ter "
ti *
a *
ry \,
a . [
L .
tertiarius containing a third part ,
fr .
tertius third :
cf .
F .
tertiaire .
See {
Tierce }.]
1 .
Being of the third formation ,
order ,
or rank ;
third ;
as ,
a tertiary use of a word . --
Trench .
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2 . (
Chem .)
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 }.
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3 . (
Geol .)
Later than ,
or subsequent to ,
the Secondary .
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4 . (
Zool .)
Growing on the innermost joint of a bird '
s wing ;
tertial ; --
said of quills .
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{
Tertiary age }. (
Geol .)
See under {
Age },
8 .
{
Tertiary color },
a color produced by the mixture of two secondaries . "
The so -
called tertiary colors are citrine ,
russet ,
and olive ." --
Fairholt .
{
Tertiary period }. (
Geol .)
(
a )
The first period of the age of mammals ,
or of the Cenozoic era .
(
b )
The rock formation of that period ; --
called also {
Tertiary formation }.
See the Chart of {
Geology }.
{
Tertiary syphilis } (
Med .),
the third and last stage of syphilis ,
in which it invades the bones and internal organs .
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Tertiary \
Ter "
ti *
a *
ry \,
n .;
pl . {
Tertiaries }.
1 . (
R .
C .
Ch .)
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 }. --
Addis &
Arnold .
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2 . (
Geol .)
The Tertiary era ,
period ,
or formation .
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3 . (
Zool .)
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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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tertiary ":
Maxwell triangle ,
Munsell scale ,
chromatic circle ,
chromatic spectrum ,
chromaticity diagram ,
color circle ,
color cycle ,
color index ,
color mixture curve ,
color solid ,
color spectrum ,
color system ,
color triangle ,
complementary color ,
covert ,
demitint ,
feather ,
feathers ,
full color ,
fundamental colors ,
hackle ,
half tint ,
halftone ,
hue cycle ,
mail ,
metamer ,
monochrome ,
plumage ,
primary ,
primary color ,
pure color ,
secondary ,
secondary color ,
solar spectrum ,
spectral color ,
spectrum ,
spectrum color ,
speculum ,
tertiary color ,
third
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