decile
See also: décile
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈdɛsaɪɫ], [ˈdiːsaɪɫ]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.əl/, /ˈdɛsˌaɪl/
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.
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)
Translations
value
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subset
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Anagrams
- ceiled, cieled, delice
Italian
Noun
decile m (plural decili)
- (mathematics) decile
- (organic chemistry) decyl
Related terms
- (organic chemistry): decano
Spanish
Verb
decile
- (obsolete) Compound of the preterite decí and the pronoun le.