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TERTIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tertian mean?
• TERTIAN (adjective)
The adjective TERTIAN has 2 senses:
1. relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
2. of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
Familiarity information: TERTIAN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
tertian fever
Pertainym:
cycle (a periodically repeated sequence of events)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a tertian tonal system
Pertainym:
third (the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it)
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