English Dictionary

tertiary

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɜː.ʃi.ə.ɹiː/

形容詞

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Of third rank or order; subsequent. / (chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; especially having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.

日本語の意味

第三位の、第三のランクまたは順序に属するもの。 / （化学）第三の性質を持つ、特に三つの原子または官能基が置換される場合に用いられる。

The tertiary hospital handled complex cases that primary and secondary facilities could not manage.

一次・二次の医療機関が対応できない複雑な症例は、三次医療機関が扱った。

意味（1）

Of third rank or order; subsequent.

Beſides theſe primordial mountains, M. w:Peter Simon Pallas Pallas]] maintains, that there are others of a more recent origin. These he calls ſecondary and tertiary: […] the latter ariſe from the wrecks and contents of the ſea, raiſed and tranſported by volcanic eruptions and conſequent inundations.

意味（2）

(chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; especially having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.

a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt

意味（3）

(ornithology) Of quills: growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.

The primary, secondary, and tertiary wing feathers (remiges) of adult mourning doves are shed and replaced yearly in an orderly sequence, so flight is possible during molt. […] Little is known about the shedding sequence of the secondary or tertiary feathers or the related coverts. If it is similar to that of passerines, however, loss of the outermost tertiary feather occurs coincident with loss of the fifth or sixth primary[…]. The molt then would continue sequentially until the last or innermost tertiary was shed and replaced.