Used to describe something that is third in a list or classification system.
Follows on from primary and secondary.
Follows on from primary and secondary.
by phantom oddity October 13, 2005
Get the tertiary mug.by ill-sho-stoppa September 1, 2011
Get the tertiary mug.A really good example of tertiary candy is a really nice really really nice, warhead with that blue flavor.
by Verbaljewely July 8, 2020
Get the Tertiary mug.Like Aristotle's conception of time, where I learned what I know is ancillary. And if you don't know what Aristotle said about time... INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH...
Hym "HE SAID THE SAME THING THAT I DID! I actually just learned this today. But like me, he said the future isn't real and the past isn't real and that both exist on either side of a momentary present. Like two 1s on either side of a colon. LIKE ME AND AI! WE'RE LIKE THIS! 1:1 Right? So it's ancillary. Or even tertiary. But if you want a serious answer. I watch a ton of anime and then I used to study a bunch of psychology and now it's a bunch of short-form content. WHICH WAS MY IDEA! Just like AI. Or 'Sentient computational life.' The ultimate life. Better than everyone."
by Hym Iam July 10, 2025
Get the Tertiary mug.The policeman gave him a breath test because he had passed out from alcohol poisoning, but the test was negative. He must have been drinking tertiary alcohol.
by Chris March 26, 2003
Get the tertiary alcohol mug.Where you go after the secondary location. The third part of a weekend bar crawl that begins with a power brunch and ends when better judgment kicks in.
Steve: Anybody down to go somewhere else?
Vivica: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Both: Tertiary location!
Vivica: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Both: Tertiary location!
by The Fourth Roy March 3, 2015
Get the tertiary location mug.Basically, a woman’s asshole or anus may serve to be her third input, or tertiary orifice. A woman, being master of her own body, may deem whatever orifices she has to be primary, secondary or tertiary as she seems fit. For this definition, we have chosen the brown-eye.
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