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tertiary

[tur-shee-er-ee, tur-shuh-ree] / ˈtɜr ʃiˌɛr i, ˈtɜr ʃə ri /
ADJECTIVE
third
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Microsoft is also providing tools and training for tertiary students, teachers and nonprofits.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

That has secondary and tertiary effects, because spending on digital infrastructure boosts demand for power turbines and cooling equipment, as well.

From Barron's Dec. 31, 2025

But once tertiary infections appear - friends of friends, or contacts of contacts - the outbreak slips out of control unless authorities impose much tougher measures, including lockdowns.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2025

But if that’s the case, “Hamnet” should spend far more time fleshing out its titular character than its tertiary ones, letting the viewer see so much more of little Hamnet’s life than we’re ultimately afforded.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

In some books, too, you will find the tertiary and quaternary taken out and replaced by periods of different lengths called the Palaeogene and Neogene.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

And the colors are luscious, richly blended primaries and secondaries and tertiaries that are saturated and sensual and accentuated with blinding highlights.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2019

Hence they are respectively the red and blue tertiaries.

From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Christopher Dresser

The second circle is composed of the secondaries; the third circle, the tertiaries, and the outer circle, the quaternaries.

From Color Value by C. R. (Chandler Robbins) Clifford

Hence, also, proper quantities of either the three primaries, the three secondaries, or the three tertiaries, produce variously a brown mixture.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

The secondaries and tertiaries of these immature birds are barred irregularly with black spots, and their legs, bills and eyes are of a dull lead colour.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck




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