Look up: tertiary

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   Tertiary
   [n] - from 2 million to 63 million years ago
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   tertiary
   In the Roman Catholic Church, a member of a `third order` (see under holy orders); a lay person who, while marrying and following a normal employment, attempts to live in accordance with a...
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   Tertiary
   the period of geological time between 65 and 1.6 million years ago
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   tertiary
   Tertiary oil is oil in existing wells that is difficult to pump (Int. Her. Trib.). Category: Management in the public and private sector • long-term care provided through long-stay in special hospitals, nursing homes and similar residential facilities Category: Medicine • holes through which air is passed into a flame tube downstream of the secondary holes to dilute the hot...
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   Tertiary
   A geological era lasting from approximately 65 to 2 million years ago.
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   Tertiary
   Ter'ti·a·ry adjective [ Latin tertiarius containing a third part, from tertius third: confer French tertiaire . See Tierce .] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Trench. 2. (Chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three ato ...
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   Tertiary
   Ter'ti·a·ry noun ; plural 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. 2. (Geol.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation. 3. (Zool ...
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   tertiary
   1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. ... 2. <chemistry> 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. ... 3. <geology> Later than, or subsequent to, the S ...
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   Tertiary
   Tertiary period noun from 63 million to 2 million years ago
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    Tertiary
    The `Tertiary` geological time interval covers roughly the time span between the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs and beginning of the most recent Ice Age, approximately 65 million to 1.8 million years ago. At the beginning of the period, mammals replaced reptiles as the dominant vertebrates. Each epoch of the Tertiary was marked by striking developments in mammalian life. The earliest recognizable hominoid relatives of humans, `Proconsul` and ...
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    Tertiary
    • (a.) Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. • (a.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird`s wing; tertial; -- said of quills. • (a.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary. • (n.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican ...
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    Tertiary
    Geologic period that occurred roughly 1.6 to 65 million years ago. During this period, mammals become a dominant species on the planet.
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    Tertiary
    Lateral or panel openings (e.g., ramp, crosscut).
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    tertiary
    tertiary (tûr'shēârē) , in the Roman Catholic Church, member of a third order. The third orders are chiefly supplements of the friars—Franciscans (the most numerous), Dominicans, and Carmelites. They have rules reflecting the spirit of the corresponding order but adap...
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    Tertiary
    The first period of the Cenozoic era (after the Mesozoic era and before the Quaternary period), spanning the time between 65 and 1.8 million years ago.
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