Associations to the word «Decile»

Wiktionary

DECILE, noun. (statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
DECILE, noun. Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.
DECILE, noun. (astrology) An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.

Dictionary definition

DECILE, 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.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke