tertiary  /ˈtɜr ʃə ri/ ? Meaning of "tertiary"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) from 63 million to 2 million years ago
  2. (adj) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

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Usage(s):

  1. Post be came a tertiary of the Carmelite order.
  2. The debate over such an amendment may or may not be worth having, but one thing is clear: at a time when the country is at war, now is not the time for such tertiary considerations.
  3. At the Metropolitan, the urbane, formal mastery of Manet When Edouard Manet died of tertiary syphilis in 1883 at the age of 51, Emile Zola and Claude Monet helped carry his.

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  1. "There are about 140 ocean outfalls around Australia. That's 1,800 billion litres of sewage that's being dumped, anything from raw to primary to secondary and a very small amount of tertiary, into our coasts," Mr Hunt told AAP. "That's a...
    on Jan 1, 2008 By: Greg Hunt Source: The Age

  2. "That's an offense to all stay-at-home moms," Dutton told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. "My wife is tertiary-educated, she's a professional woman, and she has taken a decision to stay at home and look after our children as tens of...
    on May 24, 2007 By: Peter Dutton Source: International Herald Tribune

  3. "We really hope they [government] deliver on their promises, because we need better jobs. Our income doesn't enable us to buy houses because we couldn't afford going to tertiary [institutions], we end up relying on the government," said Buthelezi.
    on Jun 16, 2009 By: Mangosuthu Buthelezi Source: Independent Online

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