tertiary source

English

Noun

tertiary source (plural tertiary sources)

1. (general scholarship and historiography) A selection, distillation, summary or compilation of primary sources, secondary sources, or both.

Synonyms

• tertiary work

Related terms

• primary source
• secondary source

Translations

selection, distillation, summary or compilation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: tertiaire bron f
• Finnish: tertiäärilähde (fi)
• Georgian: მესამეული წყარო (mesameuli c̣q̇aro) (rare)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• secondary research