sextile (not comparable)
(astronomy, astrology) Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.
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.
• quantile
• (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)
• exilest
Source: Wiktionary
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
1 April 2025
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
