English adjective: tertiary | |||
1. | tertiary coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | ||
Synonyms | 3rd, third | ||
Similar | ordinal | ||
Antonyms | cardinal | ||
English noun: Tertiary | |||
1. | Tertiary (time) from 63 million to 2 million years ago | ||
Synonyms | Tertiary period | ||
Instance hypernym | geological period, period | ||
Part holonym | Eocene, Eocene epoch, Miocene, Miocene epoch, Oligocene, Oligocene epoch, Paleocene, Paleocene epoch, Pliocene, Pliocene epoch | ||
Part meronym | Age of Mammals, Cenozoic, Cenozoic era | ||