decile

See also: décile

English

Etymology

From Latin decilis.[1]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsaɪɫ], [ˈdiːsaɪɫ]
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.əl/, /ˈdɛsˌaɪl/
Rhymes: (US) -ɛsəl

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)

Derived terms

low decile

Translations

value

Danish: decil c
Finnish: desiili (fi), kymmenespiste
French: décile (fr) m
German: Dezil (de) n
Maori: hautekautanga
Portuguese: decil m
Spanish: decil (es)
Swedish: decil (sv) c
Tagalog: kasampuin

subset

Finnish: desiili (fi), kymmenes (fi)
French: décile (fr) m
Portuguese: decil m
Spanish: decil (es)
Tagalog: kasampuin

References

“decile, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

ceiled, cieled, delice

Italian

Noun

decile m (plural decili)

(mathematics) decile
(organic chemistry) decyl

Related terms

(organic chemistry): decano

Spanish

Verb

decile

second-person singular voseo imperative of decir combined with le

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