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quintile

Today it means: Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets. Full definition →

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quintile · noun¹

From quint- + -ile.

Quintile · proper noun²

Latin · derived fromQuīntīlis“Fifth Month”
English todayQuintile

From Latin Quīntīlis (“Fifth Month”).

Words from the same roots

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