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Tortile vs Tertile - What's the difference?

tortile | tertile |

As an adjective tortile

is twisted, winding, contorted.

As a noun tertile is

any of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.

tortile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (rare) Twisted, winding, contorted.
  • * 1658': He that would behold a very anomalous motion, may observe it in the '''Tortile and tiring stroakes of Gnat-worms. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 196)

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    tertile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
    • The first tertile results include January through April's revenues.

    Synonyms

    * tercile

    Coordinate terms

    * quantile ** centile/percentile ** vigintile ** duodecile ** decile ** nonile ** octile ** septile ** sextile ** quintile ** quartile ** tercile/tertile

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