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English
Etymology
From Latin decilis.[1]
Pronunciation
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.
Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%.
- Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.
Our school is in the top decile for exam results.
- (astrology) An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.
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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)
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Italian
Noun
decile m (plural decili)
- (mathematics) decile
- (organic chemistry) decyl
Spanish
Verb
decile
- second-person singular voseo imperative of decir combined with le