TERTIAL

Meaning of TERTIAL in English

/terr"sheuhl/ , Ornith.

adj.

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

2. a tertial feather.

[ 1830-40; terti ( us ) THIRD + -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TERTIAL — I. ˈtərshəl adjective Etymology: Latin terti us third + English -al; from the fact that tertials form the third row …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TERTIAL — (a. & n.) Same as Tertiary.
Английский словарь Webster
TERTIAL — ( a. & n. ) Same as Tertiary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TERTIAL — adj. of or pertaining to the short flight feathers on a bird's wing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TERTIAL — n. short flight feather close to a bird's body on the edge of the wing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TERTIAL — adj & ·noun ·same·as tertiary.
Webster English vocab
TERTIARY — I. ˈtərshēˌerē, ˈtə̄sh-, ˈtəish-, -eri also -shər- noun ( -es ) Etymology: in sense 1, from Medieval Latin tertiarius, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TERTIARY — (a.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.
Английский словарь Webster
TERTIARY — ( a. ) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TERTIARY — /terr"shee er'ee, terr"sheuh ree/ , adj., n., pl. tertiaries . adj. 1. of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TERTIARY — noun the tertiary era, period, or formation. 2. tertiary ·adj later than, or subsequent to, the secondary. 3. tertiary ·adj …
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