Etymology

decile

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Today it means: Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency. Full definition →

Latin decilis
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdecilis
  2. English todaydecile

From Latin decilis, equivalent to dec- + -ile.

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