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terziaria

Terziaria is an Italian adjective meaning “tertiary” or “third” in a sequence. It is used to designate a third level, stage, or component within a system of classification and appears across various fields. The term functions similarly to the English word tertiary and is found in both technical and everyday language.

In economics and policy, terziario typically refers to the service sector, known in Italian as the settore

In geology and historical chronologies, terziario historically denoted the Tertiary period, which spanned roughly from 66

terziario.
This
includes
activities
such
as
retail,
finance,
real
estate,
health
care,
education,
and
hospitality.
The
growth
and
composition
of
the
terziario
are
often
used
as
indicators
of
a
developed
or
modern
economy.
In
education
discourse,
istruzione
terziaria
denotes
post-secondary
education,
encompassing
universities,
polytechnic
institutes,
and
other
higher
education
institutions.
to
2.6
million
years
ago.
Modern
stratigraphy,
however,
divides
this
interval
into
the
Paleogene
and
Neogene
periods
within
the
Cenozoic
Era,
and
the
term
terziario
is
now
mainly
of
historical
use
in
scientific
literature.
The
word
derives
from
Latin
tertius,
meaning
“third,”
and
passes
through
Italian
and
Old
French
forms
to
become
terziaria.
Related
derivatives
include
terziariamente
(tertiarily)
and
terziario
as
a
descriptor
of
things
related
to
the
third
level.