TERTIARIES - Definition of TERTIARIES

Definitions for tertiaries

Tertiaries (pl. ) - of Tertiary
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.
Tertiary (n.) - The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
Tertiary (n.) - One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Tertiary (a.) - Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.
Tertiary (a.) - 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.
Tertiary (a.) - Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary.
Tertiary (a.) - Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.

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