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noun
Either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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noun
Any one of the three groups so divided.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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History
By surface analysis, tert- + -ile.
Across languages
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