tertiary Definition

of third rank, importance, or value

of, relating to, or being higher education

of, relating to, or constituting the third strongest of the three or four degrees of stress recognized by most linguists (such as the stress of the third syllable of basketball team)

a member of a monastic third order especially of lay people

the Tertiary period or system of rocks

highly specialized medical care usually over an extended period of time that involves advanced and complex procedures and treatments performed by medical specialists in state-of-the-art facilities

a color produced by an equal mixture of a primary color with a secondary color adjacent to it on the color wheel

a color produced by mixing two secondary colors

the third stage of syphilis that develops after disappearance of the symptoms of secondary syphilis and is marked by ulcers in and gummas under the skin and commonly by involvement of the skeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous systems

education at the college or university level