quintile

[kwin-til, -tahyl]

quin·tile

[kwin-til, -tahyl]
noun
1.
Statistics. a quantile for the special case of five equal proportions.
2.
Astrology. a quintile aspect.
adjective
3.
Astrology. of or pertaining to the aspect of two heavenly bodies that are one fifth of the zodiac, or 72°, apart.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin quīnt(us) fifth + -ile (as in quartile)
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quintile (ˈkwɪntaɪl)
 
n
1.  an aspect of 72° between two heavenly bodies
2.  a fifth part of a distribution
 
[C17: from Latin quintus fifth]

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