tertile
tertile noun: either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.
Noun
tertile (plural tertiles)
- Either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.
- Any one of the three groups so divided.
- The first tertile results include January through April's revenues.
- Smoking (odds ratio 2·87 for current vs never, PAR 35·7% for current and former vs never), raised ApoB/ApoA1 ratio (3·25 for top vs lowest quintile, PAR 49·2% for top four quintiles vs lowest quintile), history of hypertension (1·91, PAR 17·9%), diabetes (2·37, PAR 9·9%), abdominal obesity (1·12...2004 September 3, Salim Yusuf, Steven Hawken, Stephanie Ôunpuu, et al., “Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study)...
tertile meaning in Tamil
tertile in Tamil
- நந்து
Forms of tertile
| plural | tertiles |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tercile |
Origin of tertile
By surface analysis, tert- + -ile.
Words formed from tertile
Questions about tertile
- What does tertile mean?
- Tertile means either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.
- What is tertile in Tamil?
- Tertile in Tamil is நந்து. See Tertile meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tertile?
- Tertile is a noun.
- What is the plural of tertile?
- The plural of tertile is tertiles.
Words near tertile in the dictionary
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