quintile
Use Quintile in a sentence
tɪl, -taɪl 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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| —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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Quintile
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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. |
Example sentences
Time and time again, in all sorts of measurements, you're buried in the bottom quintile.
It also means that as education becomes even more important to earnings, the poorer quintile is more and more locked into poverty.
Forty percent of the value of this exclusion currently goes to households in the top income quintile.
Further the top quintile is in general best positioned to use the free services and tools provided.
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