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Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as,
a tertiary use of a word. |
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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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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; as,
the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite
tertiaries. 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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