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Definition of tertiary
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Tertiary
(a.) Being of the third
formation,
order,
or rank;
third;
as, a
tertiary
use of a
word..
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Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.) Later than, or
subsequent
to, the
Secondary..
Miocene
::
Miocene
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
middle
division
of the
Tertiary.
Diabase
::
Diabase
(n.) A
basic,
dark-colored,
holocrystalline,
igneous
rock,
consisting
essentially
of a
triclinic
feldspar
and
pyroxene
with
magnetic
iron; -- often
limited
to rocks
pretertiary
in age. It
includes
part of what was early
called
greenstone..
Pleistocene
::
Pleistocene
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
epoch,
or the
deposits,
following
the
Tertiary,
and
immediately
preceding
man..
Amblypoda
::
Amblypoda
(n. pl.) A group of
large,
extinct,
herbivorous
mammals,
common
in the
Tertiary
formation
of the
United
States..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.)
Growing
on the
innermost
joint of a
bird's
wing;
tertial;
-- said of
quills.
Laramie Group
::
Laramie
group () An
extensive
series
of
strata,
principally
developed
in the Rocky
Mountain
region,
as in the
Laramie
Mountains,
and
formerly
supposed
to be of the
Tertiary
age, but now
generally
regarded
as
Cretaceous,
or of
intermediate
and
transitional
character.
It
contains
beds of
lignite,
often
valuable
for coal, and is hence also
called
the
lignitic
group.
See Chart of
Geology..
Nummulites
::
Nummulites
(n.) A genus of
extinct
Tertiary
Foraminifera,
having
a thin, flat, round
shell,
containing
a large
number
of small
chambers
arranged
spirally..
Flysch
::
Flysch
(n.) A name given to the
series
of
sandstones
and
schists
overlying
the true
nummulitic
formation
in the Alps, and
included
in the
Eocene
Tertiary..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.)
Possessing
some
quality
in the third
degree;
having
been
subjected
to the
substitution
of three atoms or
radicals;
as, a
tertiary
alcohol,
amine,
or salt. Cf.
Primary,
and
Secondary..
Syphilitic
::
Syphilis
(n.) The pox, or
venereal
disease;
a
chronic,
specific,
infectious
disease,
usually
communicated
by
sexual
intercourse
or by
hereditary
transmission,
and
occurring
in three
stages
known as
primary,
secondary,
and
tertiary
syphilis.
See under
Primary,
Secondary,
and
Tertiary..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(n.) One of the quill
feathers
which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See
Illust.
of Bird.
Bad Lands
::
Bad lands ()
Barren
regions,
especially
in the
western
United
States,
where
horizontal
strata
(Tertiary
deposits)
have been often
eroded
into
fantastic
forms,
and much
intersected
by
ca–ons,
and where lack of wood,
water,
and
forage
increases
the
difficulty
of
traversing
the
country,
whence
the name, first given by the
Canadian
French,
Mauvaises
Terres
(bad
lands)..
Oreodon
::
Oreodon
(n.) A genus of
extinct
herbivorous
mammals,
abundant
in the
Tertiary
formation
of the Rocky
Mountains.
It is more or less
related
to the
camel,
hog, and
deer..
Neocene
::
Neocene
(a.) More
recent
than the
Eocene,
that is,
including
both the
Miocene
and
Pliocene
divisions
of the
Tertiary..
Coryphodon
::
Coryphodon
(n.) A genus of
extinct
mammals
from the
eocene
tertiary
of
Europe
and
America.
Its
species
varied
in size
between
the tapir and
rhinoceros,
and were
allied
to those
animals,
but had
short,
plantigrade,
five-toed
feet, like the
elephant..
Cenozoic
::
Cenozoic
(a.)
Belonging
to the most
recent
division
of
geological
time,
including
the
tertiary,
or Age of
mammals,
and the
Quaternary,
or Age of man.
[Written
also
caenozoic,
cainozoic,
kainozoic.]
See
Geology..
Eocene
::
Eocene
(a.)
Pertaining
to the first in time of the three
subdivisions
into which the
Tertiary
formation
is
divided
by
geologists,
and
alluding
to the
approximation
in its life to that of the
present
era; as,
Eocene
deposits..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(n.) The
Tertiary
era,
period,
or
formation..
Tertial
::
Tertial
(a. & n.) Same as
Tertiary.
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