decile

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Noun

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dec=ile

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun decile has 1 sense

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

OXFORD DICTIONARY

decile, n. Statistics any of the nine values of a random variable which divide a frequency distribution into ten groups, each containing one-tenth of the total population.

Etymology

F d{eacute}cile, ult. f. L decem ten