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quintile

The correct spelling is quintile.

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noun

Say it like: Kwi-nti-le

The correct spelling is quintile. Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.

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noun

  1. 1.Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
  2. 2.(by extension) A subset thus obtained.
  3. 3.An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)

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