transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtər-shē-əm-ˈkwid, ˌtər-tē- ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin, literally, third something; from its failing to fit into a dichotomy
Date: circa 1724
1. : a middle course or an intermediate component
where there are two systems of law and two orders of courts, there must…be some tertium quid to deal with conflicts of law and jurisdiction — Ernest Baker
2. : a third party of ambiguous status
there was a man and his wife and a tertium quid — Rudyard Kipling