The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
"The meeting was scheduled for tuesday, which comes after monday but before wednesday according to the standard weekly calendar."
In plain English: Tuesday is the third day of the week that comes after Monday and before Wednesday.
"We have our weekly team meeting every Tuesday morning."
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"We have to finish the project by Tuesday at the latest."
Tuesday comes from Old English tīwesdæġ, which literally means "Tiw's Day" after the Germanic god Tiw. This name was adopted by Germanic speakers to replace the Roman concept of Mars' day, reflecting their own mythology rather than the original Latin root.