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Tertiary
('t/[@]/r/S//i/,/E/r/i/ )

adjective (a)

  • Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • from 63 million to 2 million years ago(noun.time)
    Synonym:
    tertiary period
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    3rd, third
    source: wordnet30
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