tertile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.
  2. Any one of the three groups so divided.

Word forms

tertile tertiles tercile

Etymology

By surface analysis, tert- + -ile.

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