2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
tertian — [tʉr′shən] adj. [ME tercian < L (febris) tertiana, tertian (fever) < tertius,THIRD] occurring every other day so that it happens on the first and third days: usually applied to fever or a disease causing it, esp. any of certain forms of… … English World dictionary
Tertian — Ter tian, a. [L. tertianus, from tertius the third. See {Tierce}.] (Med.) Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tertian — (v. lat.), 1) dreitägig. Daher Tertiana (Tertianfieber), dreitägiges Wechselfieber. T. cholerĭca, Cholera unter der Form eines dreitägigen Wechselfiebers auftretend. T. continua, so v.w. Hemitritaeus (s.d.). 2) eine Mixtur aus Terz u. Quinte… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Tertiān — (lat.), dreitägig; Tertianfieber, Fieber, das jeden dritten Tag eintritt (s. Malaria, S. 161) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Tertian — Tertiān (lat.), dreitägig; Tertianfieber, an jedem dritten Tage wiederkehrendes Fieber. (S. Wechselfieber.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Tertian — Tertian, lat. deutsch, dreitägig; tertiär, der dritte in einer Reihe od. Folge; Tertiärformation, diejenigen Schichten (Kalk, Mergel, Thon, Sandstein, Conglommerate), welche zwischen dem Flötzgebirge, der secundären Formation und dem Diluvium… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Tertian — Tertial redirects here. For the feathers in a birds wing, see tertials .In music or music theory, tertian is the quality of a chord constructed from thirds, and other things constructed from thirds such as counterpoint. A third may be either… … Wikipedia
tertian — /terr sheuhn/, adj. 1. Pathol. (of a malarial fever, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day. n. 2. Pathol. a tertian fever. 3. a Jesuit during the period of tertianship. [1325 75; ME terciane < L (febris) tertiana tertian… … Universalium
tertian — Recurring every third day, counting the day of an episode as the first; actually, occurring every 48 hours or every other day. [L. tertianus, fr. tertius, third] double t. denoting malarial infections with two different sets of organisms… … Medical dictionary
tertian — /ˈtɜʃən/ (say tershuhn) adjective 1. recurring every other day, or, if considered inclusively, every third day. –noun 2. a tertian fever or ague, especially a form of malaria characterised by paroxysms associated with the 48 hour life cycle of… …
