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tertian
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Tertian
(gcide) | Tertian \Ter"tian\, a. [L. tertianus, from tertius the third.
See Tierce.] (Med.)
Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
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Tertian
(gcide) | Tertian \Ter"tian\, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF.
tertiane.]
1. (Med.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which
returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in
which the intermission lasts one day.
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2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy
imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of
a tun.
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tertian
(wn) | tertian
adj 1: relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that
appear every other day; "tertian fever"
2: of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds; "a
tertian tonal system" |
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tertian
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Semitertian
(gcide) | Semitertian \Sem`i*ter"tian\, a. (Med.)
Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian
intermittent. -- n. An intermittent combining the
characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
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Sesquitertian
(gcide) | Sesquitertian \Ses`qui*ter"tian\, Sesquitertianal
\Ses`qui*ter"tian*al\, a. [Sesqui- + L. tertianus belonging to
the third. Cf. Tertian.] (Math.)
Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).
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Sesquitertianal
(gcide) | Sesquitertian \Ses`qui*ter"tian\, Sesquitertianal
\Ses`qui*ter"tian*al\, a. [Sesqui- + L. tertianus belonging to
the third. Cf. Tertian.] (Math.)
Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).
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tertian alternateprenominal
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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tertian
(wn) | tertian
adj 1: relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that
appear every other day; "tertian fever"
2: of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds; "a
tertian tonal system" |
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