Third vs Tercile - What's the difference?
third | tercile |
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
The person or thing in the third position.
One of three equal parts of a whole.
(uncountable) The third gear of an engine.
(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
(baseball) third base
(archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been .
To divide into three equal parts.
(statistics) Any of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.
(statistics) Any one of the three groups so divided.
As nouns the difference between third and tercile
is that third is the person or thing in the third position while tercile is (statistics) any of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.As an adjective third
is the ordinal form of the cardinal number three; coming after the second.As a verb third
is to agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been.third
English
Adjective
(-)- The third tree from the left is my favorite.
Synonyms
* ; IIINoun
- Jones came in third .
- He ate a third''' of the pie. Divided by two-'''thirds .
- Now put it into third .
- They sing in thirds .
- The play ended with Jones standing on third .