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English
Etymology 1
Noun
septile (plural septiles)
- (statistics) Any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into seven equally numerous subsets.
- Hypernym: quantile
- (astrology) An angle of roughly 51.5° (1/7 of the 360° ecliptic).
Hypernyms
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)
Etymology 2
Adjective
septile (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Relating to a septum; septal.
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