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"ref": "1780, “Art. XIV. Observations sur la Formation des Montagnes et les Changemens arrivés au Globe, &c.—Observations on the Formation of Mountains, and the Changes and Revolutions which have taken place in our Globe; composed with a View to the Natural History of M. de Buffon. By P. S. Pallas, Member of the Academy of Petersburg, in 12mo. pp. 90. Price 24 Livres. Printed at Paris. 1779.”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, volume LXI, London: Printed for R. Griffiths, and sold by T. Becket, corner of the Adelphi, Strand, →OCLC, page 550",
"text": "Beſides theſe primordial mountains, M. [P[eter] S[imon]] 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.",
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"text": "An untaught peasant beheld the elements around him and was acquainted with their practical uses. The most learned philosopher knew little more. He had partially unveiled the face of Nature, but her immortal lineaments were still a wonder and a mystery. He might dissect, anatomize, and give names; but, not to speak of a final cause, causes in their secondary and tertiary grades were utterly unknown to him."
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"text": "a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt",
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"ref": "1873 January 3, A[ugust] W[ilhelm von] Hofmann, “Synthesis of Aromatic Monoamines by Intramolecular Atomic Interchange”, in William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science: A Journal of Practical Chemistry in All Its Applications to Pharmacy, Arts, and Manufactures, volume XXVII, number 684, London: Henry Gillman, Boy Court, Ludgate Hill, E.C., →OCLC, page 1, column 1",
"text": "If, on the other hand, we remember that a tertiary monoamine, such as must be formed by the final methylation of the ammonia fragment in aniline when submitted to the action of an alcohol chloride, is invariably converted into an ammonium compound it must appear rather strange that in the process above alluded to only tertiary, and never any quartery bases are observed.",
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"text": "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.",
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],
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}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mahovo pero",
"sense": "tertiary feather",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "махово перо"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tertiary feather",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "terziario"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Roman Catholicism: member of a third order",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terziario"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Roman Catholicism: member of a third order",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tercjarz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Roman Catholicism: member of a third order",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tercjarka"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"English numerals#Ordinal numbers",
"Lay Carmelites",
"Peterhouse, Cambridge",
"Saint-Étienne Cathedral",
"University of Cambridge"
],
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}
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