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noun
Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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noun
Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mark, grade, score
History
From Latin decilis, equivalent to dec- + -ile.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
