quantile

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from quantity, modeled on percentile. By surface analysis, quant(ity) +‎ -ile. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwɒn.taɪl/ === Noun === quantile (plural quantiles) (statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability. ==== Hyponyms ==== (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), pentile/quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100), millile/permillile (1000) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== fractile === Further reading === quantile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === quintale, Quintela, Talnique