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Definition: Tertiary Period |
Tertiary PeriodNoun1. From 2 million to 63 million years ago. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geological | The earliest Period of the Cenozoic Era, beginning about 66.4 million years ago and ending 1.6 million years ago. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Tertiary PeriodSynonym: tertiary (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tertiary Period |
| English words defined with "Tertiary period": 4th ♦ Alabama period ♦ Faluns, fourth ♦ nummulite ♦ quaternary ♦ Subapennine. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tertiary period | 30 |
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| Language | Translations for "Tertiary period"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Greek | τριτογενήσ περίοδοσ. (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 第三紀 (the Tertiary period). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | いさ"き (the Tertiary period). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ertiarytay eriodpay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-o-p-r-r-r-t-t-y" | |
-4 letters: peridotite. | |
-5 letters: apriority, irritated, perorated, portrayed, portrayer, predatory, repertory, territory, torpidity, torridity. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 72 74 69 61 72 79      50 65 72 69 6F 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101001 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e r t i a r y   P e r i o d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0072 0074 0069 0061 0072 0079      0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54718486756784912507184758170 |
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