decile

See also: décile

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsaɪɫ], [ˈdiːsaɪɫ]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.əl/, /ˈdɛsˌaɪl/

Noun

decile (plural deciles)

1. (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%.

2. Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.

   Our school is in the top decile for exam results.

3. (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

• Finnish: desiili (fi), kymmenespiste
• German: Dezil (de) n
• Maori: hautekautanga
• Portuguese: decil m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: decil (es)
• Tagalog: kasampuin

subset

• Finnish: desiili (fi), kymmenes (fi)
• Portuguese: decil m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: decil (es)
• Tagalog: kasampuin

Anagrams

• ceiled, cieled, delice

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Italian

Noun

decile m (plural decili)

1. (mathematics) decile
2. (organic chemistry) decyl

Related terms

• (organic chemistry): decano

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Spanish

Verb

decile

1. (obsolete) Compound of the preterite decí and the pronoun le.