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Tertiary vs Thirdly - What's the difference?

tertiary | thirdly |

As an adjective tertiary

is of third rank or order; subsequent.

As a noun tertiary

is a tertiary feather.

As a proper noun Tertiary

is the first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.

As an adverb thirdly is

in the third place; third in a row.

tertiary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of third rank or order; subsequent.
  • (chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.
    • a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt
  • (zoology, of quills) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.

    • Derived terms

    * tertiary care

    Coordinate terms

    (terms coordinate to tertiary) * primary (1) * secondary (2) * quaternary (4) * quinary (5) * senary (6) * septenary (7) * octonary (8) * nonary (9) * denary (10) * duodenary (12) * vigenary (20)

    See also

    * cubic

    Noun

    (tertiaries)
  • A tertiary feather.
  • A member of a Roman Catholic third order - the Franciscans, Dominicans and Carmelites among others.

    • thirdly

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In the third place; third in a row.
  • *
    • Thirdly , I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.