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tertiarization

tertiarization noun: a shift from the primary and secondary sectors to the tertiary sector.

Noun

tertiarization (uncountable)

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

Forms of tertiarization

alternative formtertiarisation

Origin of tertiarization

From tertiary + -ization. By surface analysis, terti- + -ary + -ize + -ate + -ion.

Questions about tertiarization

What does tertiarization mean?
Tertiarization means a shift from the primary and secondary sectors to the tertiary sector.
What part of speech is tertiarization?
Tertiarization is a noun.

Words near tertiarization in the dictionary

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

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