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Meaning of tierce

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  tierce
      n 1: the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. [syn: {terce},
           {tierce}]
      2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
         [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
         {leash}, {troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary},
         {ternion}, {triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-
         ace}]
      3: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains
         approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn:
         {one-third}, {third}, {tierce}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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