TERTIARY


Meaning of TERTIARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tɜ:(r)ʃəri, AM -ʃieri ]

1.

Tertiary means third in order, third in importance, or at a third stage of development. ( FORMAL )

He must have come to know those philosophers through secondary or tertiary sources.

ADJ

2.

Tertiary education is education at university or college level. ( BRIT; in AM, use higher education )

...institutions of tertiary education.

ADJ : ADJ n

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