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Meanings of tertiary in English

Russian
третичный период
Portuguese
terciário
Catalan
període terciari
Spanish
periodo terciario
Wikidata

Former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago.

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        третичный период
        Spanish
        terciario

        Member of a Christian third order.

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              terciario

              Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.

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                    Usage of tertiary in English
                    1
                    The new government has introduced free tertiary education in stages from 2018.
                    Radio NZ
                    2
                    Mr English said the new tertiary policy would be on the agenda.
                    Radio NZ
                    3
                    Labour Party tertiary spokesperson David Cunliffe said the university's approach was wrong.
                    Radio NZ
                    4
                    Ultimately they would also like offer training at local tertiary education providers.
                    Radio NZ
                    5
                    Setting: Seven intensive care units at a large, academic, tertiary medical center.
                    Pubmed
                    6
                    The gospel is the primary need of China to-day, not the tertiary.
                    New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
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                    Most tertiary institutions set questions that they would like you to answer.
                    The South African
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                    Setting: Three neonatal units in tertiary care hospitals in South East England.
                    Pubmed
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                    Setting: Medical and general surgical ICUs in a tertiary academic medical center.
                    Pubmed
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                    Conclusions: Polytherapy is a very common practice in our tertiary care center.
                    Pubmed
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                    Methods: Retrospective analysis involving two patients operated at a tertiary referral center.
                    Pubmed
                    12
                    University and tertiary level education is to resume next Monday, 27 April.
                    Radio NZ
                    13
                    A rallying call on the contribution of tertiary arts education to society.
                    Radio NZ
                    14
                    This is an example of a secondary key with multiple tertiary keys.
                    Sed & awk, 2nd edition
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                    Methods: We studied 570 consecutive patients treated in a tertiary stroke center.
                    Pubmed
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                    The tertiary office did not respond to Reuters questions sent by email.
                    Reuters
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                    Tertiary through the time
                    Tertiary across language varieties
                    New Zealand
                    Common
                    South Africa
                    Less common
                    United States of America
                    Rare
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