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Definition of tertiary
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Tertiary
(a.) Later than, or
subsequent
to, the
Secondary..
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Tertial
::
Tertial
(a. & n.) Same as
Tertiary.
Triethylamine
::
Triethylamine
(n.) A
tertiary
amine
analogous
to
trimethylamine.
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..
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..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(n.) The
Tertiary
era,
period,
or
formation..
Paleotherium
::
Paleotherium
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
herbivorous
Tertiary
mammals,
once
supposed
to have
resembled
the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more
slender
form, with a long neck like that of a
llama..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.)
Growing
on the
innermost
joint of a
bird's
wing;
tertial;
-- said of
quills.
Subapical
::
Subapennine
(a.)
Under,
or at the foot of, the
Apennine
mountains;
--
applied,
in
geology,
to a
series
of
Tertiary
strata
of the older
Pliocene
period..
Crag
::
Crag (n.) A
partially
compacted
bed of
gravel
mixed with
shells,
of the
Tertiary
age..
Olive
::
Olive (n.) One of the
tertiary
colors,
composed
of
violet
and green mixed in equal
strength
and
proportion..
Faluns
::
Faluns
(n.) A
series
of
strata,
of the
Middle
Tertiary
period,
of
France,
abounding
in
shells,
and used by Lyell as the type of his
Miocene
subdivision..
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..
Sivatherium
::
Sivatherium
(n.) A genus of very large
extinct
ruminants
found in the
Tertiary
formation
of
India.
The snout was
prolonged
in the form of a
proboscis.
The male had four
horns,
the
posterior
pair being large and
branched.
It was
allied
to the
antelopes,
but very much
larger
than any
exsisting
species..
Posttertiary
::
Posttertiary
(a.)
Following,
or more
recent
than, the
Tertiary;
Quaternary..
Pleistocene
::
Pleistocene
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
epoch,
or the
deposits,
following
the
Tertiary,
and
immediately
preceding
man..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.) Later than, or
subsequent
to, the
Secondary..
Tertiary
::
Tertiary
(a.) Being of the third
formation,
order,
or rank;
third;
as, a
tertiary
use of a
word..
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..
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.
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..
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