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单词 tertial
释义

tertial

[ tur-shuhl ]
/ ˈtɜr ʃəl /
Ornithology

adjective

pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers situated on the basal segment of a bird's wing.

noun

a tertial feather.

Origin of tertial

1830–40; <Latin terti(us) third + -al1

Words nearby tertial

terror-stricken, terry, Terry's syndrome, Tersanctus, terse, tertial, tertian, tertian malaria, tertianship, tertiary, tertiary alcohol
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Example sentences from the Web for tertial

  • Tertial, ter′shal, adj. of the third rank among the flight-feathers of a bird's wing.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tertial

tertial
/ (ˈtɜːʃəl) /

adjective, noun

another word for tertiary (def. 5), tertiary (def. 6)

Word Origin for tertial

C19: from Latin tertius third, from ter thrice, from trēs three
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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