Definition of "tercile" []

• Any of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population. (noun)
• Any one of the three groups so divided. (noun)

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• "There is no problem in omitting the data points of the middle tercile, as long as you still have a dense-enough collection of windy and calm days that you can do a good interpolation see #15."
• "The boundary layer gives a whit about the decile or tercile of wind speed."
• "RE: #414 – Or, his assumption that UHI would be “blown away” by upper tercile velocity winds was wrong."