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Sediments vs Fractile - What's the difference?

sediments | fractile |

As nouns the difference between sediments and fractile

is that sediments is while fractile is (statistics) the value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.

As an adjective fractile is

describing the quality of a sedimentary stone as it relates to the sediments to cohesively bond without fracturing a stone with a low fractile strength lacks tensile strength and will crack or crumble under stress or pressure.

sediments

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

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    fractile

    English

    Etymology 1

    From fraction'' and ''-ile

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
    • The q''-quantile is the same as the ''(1/q) -fractile .
    The median is the .5-fractile .
    See also
    * quantile

    Etymology 2

    From fracture'' and ''-ile

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Describing the quality of a sedimentary stone as it relates to the sediments to cohesively bond without fracturing. A stone with a low fractile strength lacks tensile strength and will crack or crumble under stress or pressure.