SEXTILE

Etymology

Adjective

sextile (not comparable)

(astronomy, astrology) Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.

Noun

sextile (plural sextiles)

(statistics) A quantile of six equal proportions; any of the subsets thus obtained.

A segment that is a sixth of the whole.

(astronomy, astrology) A sextile aspect or position.

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)

Anagrams

• exilest

Source: Wiktionary

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Sex"tile, a. Etym: [F. sextil, fr. L. sextus the sixth, from sex six. See Six.] (Astrol.)

Definition: Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.

Sex"tile, n. Etym: [Cf. F. aspect sextil.] (Astrol.)

Definition: The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: Hutton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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