quintile

== English == === Etymology === From quint- + -ile. === Noun === quintile (plural quintiles) (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets. (by extension) A subset thus obtained. (astrology) An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°) ==== Synonyms ==== fifth ==== Hypernyms ==== quantile ==== Coordinate terms ==== (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 ==== === Anagrams === quitline == Latin == === Adjective === quīntīle nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of quīntīlis === References === "quintile", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)