Associations to the word «Quintile»

Wiktionary

QUINTILE, noun. (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
QUINTILE, noun. (by extension) A subset thus obtained.
QUINTILE, noun. (astrology) An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)

Wise words

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