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tertile

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.
  2. noun Any one of the three groups so divided.
    The first tertile results include January through April's revenues.

Similar words

tercile quartile pentile tripartition third thirding ventile trimean tierce two-thirds

Often followed by

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