Definitions
coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
Word origin
Borrowed from the Latin tertiārius (“of the third part or rank”), from tertius (“third”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós, whence English third) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French tertiaire. By surface analysis, terti- + -ary.
Used in a sentence
“a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt”
“The primary rhizomes usually die during the growing season. The tertiaries and secondaries, however, live through the winter and become primary rhizomes the following year.”
“There is no evidence that irrigators fail to keep their supply canals (tertiaries, watercourses, ditches) open when they need water.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Third in order”8 letters
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