Tertiary
adjective
Third in order or level.
He is in his tertiary stage of education.
Often appears as...
- tertiary education
- tertiary institution
adjective
Relating to or denoting the third level of education, following secondary school.
He is a tertiary student.
Often appears as...
- tertiary institution
- tertiary degree
adjective
Relating to the third highest of four levels of stress.
In this word, the third syllable is tertiary.
Often appears as...
- tertiary stress
- tertiary syllable
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Relating to the third stage of the Stone Age period, noted for the use of bronze tools and weapons.
The museum features artifacts from the tertiary period.
Often appears as...
- tertiary period
- tertiary artifacts
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Third in order or level.
He is in his tertiary stage of education.
Often appears as...
- tertiary education
- tertiary institution
adjective
Relating to or denoting the third level of education, following secondary school.
He is a tertiary student.
Often appears as...
- tertiary institution
- tertiary degree
adjective
Relating to the third highest of four levels of stress.
In this word, the third syllable is tertiary.
Often appears as...
- tertiary stress
- tertiary syllable
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Relating to the third stage of the Stone Age period, noted for the use of bronze tools and weapons.
The museum features artifacts from the tertiary period.
Often appears as...
- tertiary period
- tertiary artifacts
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Hierarchy Signifier
Use 'tertiary' to indicate something is third-tier or third in importance in a sequence.
After primary and secondary goals, our tertiary aim is to improve customer satisfaction.
Pro Tip 2/2Lesser Emphasis
'Tertiary' suggests a lower level of urgency or attention compared to the first or second levels.
Their tertiary concerns were addressed only after the main issues had been resolved.
Pro Tip 1/2Hierarchy Signifier
Use 'tertiary' to indicate something is third-tier or third in importance in a sequence.
After primary and secondary goals, our tertiary aim is to improve customer satisfaction.
Pro Tip 2/2Lesser Emphasis
'Tertiary' suggests a lower level of urgency or attention compared to the first or second levels.
Their tertiary concerns were addressed only after the main issues had been resolved.
Pro Tip 1/2Hierarchy Signifier
Use 'tertiary' to indicate something is third-tier or third in importance in a sequence.
After primary and secondary goals, our tertiary aim is to improve customer satisfaction.
Pro Tip 2/2Lesser Emphasis
'Tertiary' suggests a lower level of urgency or attention compared to the first or second levels.
Their tertiary concerns were addressed only after the main issues had been resolved.
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Replying to the Wow...
I mean we're underneath the dish right now and this is spectacular because I think from the top you might not know that this is actually mesh we're underneath that's right and then what what is this we're looking at above us right here that is the reg Orion dome some people call it a golf ball that dome as a secondary and tertiary reflector in it that actually
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Earth's mass extinction...
the pink rocks above which held tertiary fossils how long did it take to go from one system to the next and what they found is something unexpected they found in this gap in between a very thin clay layer and that clay layer this very thin red layer here is filled with iridium
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3 ways to build a happy...
Why? Why is it helpful to get married later? Three reasons. Firstly, getting married later allows the other two preventers of divorce to come into play. They are tertiary education and a higher income, which tends to go with tertiary education.
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Replying to the Wow...
I mean we're underneath the dish right now and this is spectacular because I think from the top you might not know that this is actually mesh we're underneath that's right and then what what is this we're looking at above us right here that is the reg Orion dome some people call it a golf ball that dome as a secondary and tertiary reflector in it that actually
Video examples
Earth's mass extinction...
the pink rocks above which held tertiary fossils how long did it take to go from one system to the next and what they found is something unexpected they found in this gap in between a very thin clay layer and that clay layer this very thin red layer here is filled with iridium
Video examples
3 ways to build a happy...
Why? Why is it helpful to get married later? Three reasons. Firstly, getting married later allows the other two preventers of divorce to come into play. They are tertiary education and a higher income, which tends to go with tertiary education.
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Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
That tertiary education is under a sustained assault by a political and - it often seems - social consensus that equates all education with training for increased productivity, only makes academe a still more promising environment for a contrarian.
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Bill Burr
American Comedian
For us, a lot of the cartoon and crazy stuff on 'F Is for Family' is tertiary characters; it happens on the television in the show. We try to keep whatever problem the Murphy family is dealing with rooted as much as we can in reality.
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Lady Colin Campbell
British Writer
In our world marriage was the best option for any woman. No girl ever chose to have a career unless she couldn't get a man. It was very much a tertiary life.
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Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.
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Tony Tan
Singaporean Statesman
Where patient needs are complex, we should provide greater support in the community so that patients can cut down on trips to the tertiary hospital.
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Seth Berkley
American Scientist
You can't stop wars to build tertiary teaching hospitals, but you can say, 'Let's stop for a couple of days to immunise the kids.' It has been done.
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Karl Kraus
Austrian Writer
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
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Wayne Knight
American Actor
There is no fact-checking on tertiary celebrities. You can say whatever you'd like, and it will just rise up again.
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Giulio Natta
Italian Scientist
All vinyl polymers may be regarded as built from monomeric units containing a tertiary carbon atom.
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Vincent Tan
Malaysian Businessman
I started life in a poor family and could not even afford a proper tertiary education.
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
That tertiary education is under a sustained assault by a political and - it often seems - social consensus that equates all education with training for increased productivity, only makes academe a still more promising environment for a contrarian.
Quote examples
Bill Burr
American Comedian
For us, a lot of the cartoon and crazy stuff on 'F Is for Family' is tertiary characters; it happens on the television in the show. We try to keep whatever problem the Murphy family is dealing with rooted as much as we can in reality.
Quote examples
Lady Colin Campbell
British Writer
In our world marriage was the best option for any woman. No girl ever chose to have a career unless she couldn't get a man. It was very much a tertiary life.
Quote examples
Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.
Quote examples
Tony Tan
Singaporean Statesman
Where patient needs are complex, we should provide greater support in the community so that patients can cut down on trips to the tertiary hospital.
Quote examples
Seth Berkley
American Scientist
You can't stop wars to build tertiary teaching hospitals, but you can say, 'Let's stop for a couple of days to immunise the kids.' It has been done.
Quote examples
Karl Kraus
Austrian Writer
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
Quote examples
Wayne Knight
American Actor
There is no fact-checking on tertiary celebrities. You can say whatever you'd like, and it will just rise up again.
Quote examples
Giulio Natta
Italian Scientist
All vinyl polymers may be regarded as built from monomeric units containing a tertiary carbon atom.
Quote examples
Vincent Tan
Malaysian Businessman
I started life in a poor family and could not even afford a proper tertiary education.
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