DECILE

decile

(noun) (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

decile (plural deciles)

(statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.

Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.

(astrology) An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.

Hypernyms

• quantile

Coordinate terms

• (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100), millile (1000)

Anagrams

• ceiled, cieled, delice

Source: Wiktionary


Dec"il, Dec"ile, n. Etym: [F. décil, fr. L. decem tendecile.] (Astrol.)

Definition: An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36Âş.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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