Tertiary Synonyms

tûrshē-ĕrē
Of a Third Order
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. third
  2. 3rd
From 63 million to 2 million years ago
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Tertiary period

Words Related to Tertiary

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. third order
  2. secondary
  3. primary
  4. post-secondary

Tertiary Sentence Examples

  • The Tertiary deposits cover the whole of the central depression, where they are associated with extensive flows of lava and beds of volcanic ash.

  • The tertiary glycols are known as pinacones and are formed on the reduction of ketones with sodium amalgam.

  • Gruidae, cranes, cosmopolitan, allied Phororhacos, Tertiary of Argentina.

  • The Vicksburg formation lies next in order south-west, in a narrow strip of fairly regular width which alone of the Tertiary formations runs as far west as the Mississippi River; it is probably nowhere more than 110 ft.

  • Although in late Tertiary times widely spread over southern Europe and India, giraffes are now confined to Africa south of the Sahara.

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