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Third Seminole War
The Third Seminole War, also known as Billy Bowlegs' War, was the last of three conflicts between the United States and the Seminole people of Florida, fought from 1855 to 1858.
Third Servile War
Third Servile War (73–71 BC), also the Gladiator War or War of Spartacus: the last of the Roman Servile Wars, a slave revolt begun by about 70–78 gladiators fleeing Capua under the Thracian Spartacus, crushed by Crassus with eight legions and 6,000 crucifixions.
Third Shot
Third Shot refers to the third nuclear explosion in history, the Fat Man plutonium bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on 9 August 1945, killing about 35,000.
Third Siege of Missolonghi
The Third Siege of Missolonghi was the year-long 1825 to 1826 Ottoman-Egyptian siege of Missolonghi, Greece, ending with the defenders' breakout known as the Exodus.
Third Silesian War
Third Silesian War (1756–1763), Central European theatre of the Seven Years' War, also called the Prussian War: Prussia under Frederick II fought Austria, Russia, France, and Sweden over Silesia, ending with the Treaty of Hubertusburg and Prussia retaining Silesia.
Third space endoscopy
Third space endoscopy is a minimally invasive endoscopic technique that opens the submucosal layer as a working tunnel to reach lesions, best known for POEM, its myotomy for achalasia.
Third Space Theory
Third Space theory, from Homi K. Bhabha's 1988 essay and The Location of Culture (1994), is a postcolonial concept of ambivalent, hybrid in-between spaces of meaning, widely applied in education, sociolinguistics, and higher education research.
Third Stage
Third Stage is Boston's third studio album, released September 23, 1986 on MCA after an eight-year gap and a CBS lawsuit. Produced by Tom Scholz, it topped the Billboard 200, went 4x platinum, and yielded the number-one hit "Amanda".
Third Statute of Lithuania
The Third Statute of Lithuania (Трэці Статут Вялікага Княства Літоўскага) was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's legal code, confirmed by Sigismund III Vasa in 1588 and in force until 1840.
Third Sui campaign against Goguryeo
The Third Sui campaign against Goguryeo (隋第三次徵高句麗) was Emperor Yang of Sui's third invasion of Goguryeo, in 614, launched after the Yang Xuangan rebellion and ended by King Go Won's surrender.
Third Sui invasion of Goguryeo
The Third Sui invasion of Goguryeo (第三次隋徵高句麗) was Emperor Yang of Sui's 614 campaign against the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, ending when King Go Won begged surrender and Sui withdrew.
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (July 1995–March 1996) was a PRC-Taiwan-US confrontation triggered by Lee Teng-hui's Cornell University visit, marked by Chinese missile tests near Keelung and Kaohsiung, two US carrier battle group deployments, and Taiwan's first direct presidential election.
Third Temple
The Third Temple (Beit HaMikdash HaShlishi) is the future Jewish temple expected in messianic belief and some Christian prophecy to be built on Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
Third to sixth pharyngeal arches and derivatives
The third to sixth pharyngeal arches are embryonic structures forming the lower hyoid, laryngeal cartilages, and pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles, supplied by CN IX and CN X.
Third Tusk cabinet
Third Tusk cabinet: Poland's government led by Donald Tusk, sworn in 13 December 2023, a KO–Third Way–Left coalition with 27 members, 19 ministries, and an EU rule-of-law agenda to unblock over €76 billion in Cohesion Funds.
Third Ward, Houston
Third Ward, Houston: historic African American neighborhood created after the city's 1836 founding, home of Emancipation Park (1872), Texas Southern University, University of Houston, and Project Row Houses, now facing rapid gentrification.
Third Watch
Third Watch (1999-2005) is an NBC drama created by Edward Allen Bernero and John Wells about New York police officers, firefighters, and paramedics of the fictional 55th precinct on the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift; six seasons, 132 episodes, known for its post-9/11 season.
Third Wave Recovery Systems (TWRx)
Third Wave Recovery Systems (TWRx), also known as Thirdwave RX, is a Las Vegas healthcare company founded in 2021 that administers pharmaceutical rebates for hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Third Way
Third Way: 1990s center-left political ideology associated with Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, theorized by Anthony Giddens as transcending old social democracy and neoliberalism; variants included Germany's neue Mitte and France's gauche plurielle.
Third World
Third World (Tiers Monde): term coined by Alfred Sauvy in L'Observateur, 14 August 1952, for countries aligned with neither Cold War bloc; later meant poor, developing countries; replaced by Global South.
Third World approaches to international law
Third World approaches to international law (TWAIL) is a critical legal movement, formalized at a 1997 Harvard conference, arguing imperialism shaped international law; spans TWAIL I and II generations led by Anghie, Chimni, and Gathii.
Third-generation cephalosporin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Third-generation cephalosporin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (3GC-RKP, ICD-11 MG50.52): K. pneumoniae resistant to ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, or ceftazidime, mainly via ESBL or AmpC enzymes; WHO critical priority, prevalence 29.8–78.7% by setting.
Third-harmonic generation
Third-harmonic generation (THG) is a nonlinear optical process in which light at frequency ω is converted to 3ω, such as 1,064 nm light to 355 nm, first demonstrated in 1967.
Third-order intercept point
The third-order intercept point (IP3, also written TOI) is a theoretical power level at which third-order intermodulation distortion equals the fundamental signal, used to rate RF linearity.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies, also called cross-site cookies, are cookies set by a domain other than the page being viewed, allowing a party to recognize a browser across unrelated sites for tracking and advertising.
Third-party custody
Third-party custody is a court order giving a child's care to a non-parent, such as a stepparent, who must first clear a threshold showing against the parent.
Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings
Third-party evidence for the Apollo Moon landings (1969–1972) includes lunar samples studied worldwide, laser ranging to retroreflectors, and photos of landing sites by India, Japan, and China.
Third-party logistics
Third-party logistics (3PL) is the practice of paying an outside company to run warehousing, transportation, fulfillment, and returns; the global market reached $1.3 trillion in 2025.
Third-party standing in family proceedings
Third-party standing in family proceedings is the right of a non-parent, such as a grandparent or stepparent, to bring a custody or contact application at all.
Third-person (video games)
Third-person perspective in video games: an external camera, usually behind and above the avatar, showing the character on screen. Covers its history from Spacewar! and Starglider's diegetic camera, design tradeoffs versus first person, and survey data on player preferences.