Tertiary

//ˈtɜː.ʃi.ə.ɹiː//

Synonyms for "tertiary" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

primary secondary 3rd chromatic circle chromatic spectrum chromaticity diagram color circle color cycle color index color mixture curve color solid

Adjective(1 words)

3rd

Strong matches (18)

color spectrum color system color triangle complementary color covert demitint denary duodenary feather feathers full color fundamental colors hackle half tint halftone hue cycle mail maxwell triangle

Related words (29)

metamer monochrome munsell scale nonary octonary period plumage primary color pure color quaternary quinary secondary color senary septenary solar spectrum spectral color spectrum spectrum color speculum tert

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tertiary color tertiary period third time vigenary

Adjective(2 words)

ternary tertial

Prefix(1 words)

tert-

Adjective(1 words)

third

Related word relations

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9 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

3rd

Related terms

3 entries

cubic tertian

coordinate

11 entries

denary duodenary nonary octonary primary quaternary quinary secondary senary septenary vigenary

derived

28 entries

Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora methyl tertiary butyl ether nontertiary post-Tertiary pretertiary tertiarily tertiarization tertiary alcohol tertiary amine tertiary amyl tertiary butyl tertiary butylhydroquinone tertiary care tertiary college tertiary color tertiary colour

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

ary

has context

4 entries

chemistry geology ornithology roman catholicism

part of

1 entries

cenozoic

related to

27 entries

atom bird cenozoic cubic element engage feather geologic habit innermost layperson participate quality quill radical religious

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similar

12 entries

denary duodenary nonary octonary ordinal primary quaternary quinary secondary senary septenary vigenary

Translations

57 translations across 30 languages.

Bulgarian

2 entries

трети по важност adj (of third rank or order)
махово перо noun (tertiary feather)

Catalan

4 entries

terciari adj (of third rank or order)
terciari adj (of the first part of the Cenozoic era)
terciària adj (of the first part of the Cenozoic era)
terciari name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

第三的 adj (of third rank or order)

Danish

1 entries

tertiær adj (of third rank or order)

Dutch

1 entries

tertiair adj (of third rank or order)

Esperanto

3 entries

terciara adj (of third rank or order)
triaranga adj (of third rank or order)
triaspeca adj (of third rank or order)

Finnish

4 entries

tertiaarinen adj (of third rank or order)
tertiäärikautinen adj (of the first part of the Cenozoic era)
tertiäärinen adj (of the first part of the Cenozoic era)
tertiäärikausi name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

French

2 entries

tertiaire adj (of third rank or order)
Tertiaire name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

Galician

1 entries

terciario adj (of third rank or order)

Georgian

3 entries

მესამეული adj (of the first part of the Cenozoic era)
მესამეული პერიოდი name (first part of the Cenozoic era)
მესამეული სისტემა name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

German

2 entries

tertiär adj (of third rank or order)
Tertiär name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

Greek

2 entries

τριτοβάθμιος adj (of third rank or order)
τριτογενής adj (of third rank or order)

Hebrew

1 entries

שלישוני adj (of third rank or order)

Hungarian

3 entries

tercier adj (of third rank or order)
harmadidőszak name (first part of the Cenozoic era)
harmadkor name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

Icelandic

1 entries

þriðji adj (of third rank or order)

Ido

1 entries

terciara adj (of third rank or order)

Indonesian

1 entries

tersier adj (of third rank or order)

Italian

4 entries

terziario adj (of third rank or order)
terziario adj (of the first part of the Cenozoic era)
terziario name (first part of the Cenozoic era)
terziario noun (tertiary feather)

Japanese

3 entries

3次的な adj (of third rank or order)
3番目の adj (of third rank or order)
第三紀 name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

Malay

1 entries

tertier adj (of third rank or order)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

tertiær adj (of third rank or order)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

tertiær adj (of third rank or order)

Polish

4 entries

trzeciorzędny adj (of third rank or order)
trzeciorzęd name (first part of the Cenozoic era)
lotka trzeciego rzędu noun (tertiary feather)
tercjarka noun (Roman Catholicism: member of a third order)

Portuguese

1 entries

terciário adj (of third rank or order)

Romanian

1 entries

terțiar adj (of third rank or order)

Russian

1 entries

трети́чный adj (of third rank or order)

Spanish

1 entries

terciario adj (of third rank or order)

Swedish

2 entries

tertiär adj (of third rank or order)
tertiär name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

Turkish

1 entries

üçüncül adj (of third rank or order)

Vietnamese

1 entries

kỉ Đệ Tam name (first part of the Cenozoic era)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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More than 80% of Guyanese nationals with tertiary level educations have emigrated.

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Tertiary prevention focuses on preventing the burden of disease.

Source: tatoeba (8985223)

John is of tertiary importance.

Source: tatoeba (10538155)

Your admittedly impressive knowledge of helix geometry is of tertiary importance to our present goals.

Source: tatoeba (10587736)

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