tertiary : Idioms & Phrases

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Dominican tertiaries

  • (the third order of St. Dominic). See Tertiary.
Webster 1913

Tertiary age

  • . (Geol.) See under Age, 8.
Webster 1913

Tertiary color

  • a color produced by the mixture of two secondaries. "The so-called tertiary colors are citrine, russet, and olive." Fairholt.
Webster 1913

Tertiary period

  • noun from 63 million to 2 million years ago
    Tertiary.
WordNet
  • . (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.
Webster 1913

Tertiary syphilis

  • noun the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver
WordNet
  • (Med.), the third and last stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal organs.
Webster 1913