tertiary
Below secondary level
Tertiary means third in order, rank, or importance, following primary and secondary.
In education, tertiary refers to college and university level: tertiary education.
In geology, the Tertiary period spans roughly 66 to 2.6 million years ago.
In chemistry, tertiary describes a carbon atom bonded to three other carbons, or compounds with that structure.
The word appears in technical contexts more than everyday speech.
Position number three
- ternaryConsisting of three parts
- tripartiteConsisting of three parts
- threefoldHaving three parts
- triadGroup of three
Early Cenozoic era division
- CenozoicPresent geological era
- MiocenePre-Pliocene geological epoch
- PlioceneLate Neogene epoch
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
stratigraphy · geochronology · paleontology · fossils · sedimentation · extinction · paleoclimatology · tectonics
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- degreeUnit of measurement
diploma · academia · scholarship · campus · professor · lecturer · tuition · seminar
Expert in one field
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
- subspecialtyNarrower focus within specialty
- specializedAdapted for particular function
Acts performed for others
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- financeProvide money for
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
tourism · banking · insurance · retail · logistics · telecommunications · post-industrial · white-collar
third
Position number three
- ternaryConsisting of three parts
- tripartiteConsisting of three parts
- threefoldHaving three parts
Paleogene
Early Cenozoic era division
Cretaceous · stratigraphy · geochronology · paleontology · fossils · sedimentation · extinction · paleoclimatology · tectonics · epoch
university
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
degree · diploma · academia · scholarship · campus · professor · lecturer · tuition · seminar · thesis
specialist
Expert in one field
- referralDirecting someone elsewhere
- subspecialtyNarrower focus within specialty
- specializedAdapted for particular function
services
Acts performed for others
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- financeProvide money for
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
hospitality · tourism · banking · insurance · retail · logistics · telecommunications · post-industrial · white-collar
Franciscan
Mendicant order member
- education levelskindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, college
- ranking systemstop secret, secret, confidential, unclassified, restricted
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- skill levelsbeginner, novice, intermediate, expert, advanced
- threestrio, triad, triple, triplet, trinity
- color schemesmonochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic, neutral
tertiaryprimary
Chief in importance
central · fundamental · essential · core · principal
- tertiary syphilisAdvanced treponema pallidum damage
- tertiary educationUniversity and college studies
- tertiary colorBlend of two secondaries