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tierce

Wiktionary 原文

/ˈtɪəs//ˈtɪɚs/

词源链

拉丁语Latin约前 75–公元 3 世纪
tertius
派生
古法语Old French约 8–14 世纪
tierce
派生
英语English
tierce

词源说明

From Old French tierce, from Latin tertia.

释义

名词noun

1obsoleteA third.
2(religion, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
3now historicalA cask of a certain size, or its volume

used as a

of

. Larger than a

but smaller than a

.

4(music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant.

5(card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.

6(fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.

7(heraldry) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.

8obsoleteOne sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.)

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