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dec·ile

(dĭs′īl′, -əl)

n. Statistics

1. Any of the groups that result when a frequency distribution is divided into ten groups of equal size.

2. Any of the values that separate each of these groups.

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decile

(ˈdɛsɪl; -aɪl)

(Statistics) statistics

a. one of nine actual or notional values of a variable dividing its distribution into ten groups with equal frequencies: the ninth decile is the value below which 90% of the population lie. See also percentile

b. a tenth part of a distribution

[C17: from deca- + -ile]

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dec•ile

(ˈdɛs ɪl, -aɪl)

n.

one of the values of a statistical variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.

[1880–85; < Latin dec(em) ten + -ile³]

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decile - (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores

mark, score, grade - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"

statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

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décile

decile

[ˈdesɪl] N → decil m

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