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tertiarisation

tertiarisation is the alternative form of tertiarization.

Meaning of tertiarization

Noun

tertiarization (uncountable)

  1. A shift from the primary and secondary sectors to the tertiary sector.

Origin of tertiarisation

From tertiary + -isation. By surface analysis, terti- + -ary + -ise + -ate + -ion.

Questions about tertiarisation

What is tertiarisation the alternative form of?
Tertiarisation is the alternative form of tertiarization.

Words near tertiarisation in the dictionary

  1. tertianships
  2. tertiapin
  3. tertiaries
  4. tertiarily
  5. tertiariness
  6. tertiarisation
  7. tertiarism
  8. tertiarization
  9. tertiary
  10. tertiary alcohol
  11. tertiary alcohols

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tertiarisation (page history and authors); tertiarization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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