Quintile

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The astrological aspect of planets distant from each other by 72° or one fifth of the zodiac.
  • n. Statistics The portion of a frequency distribution containing one fifth of the total sample.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
  • n. A subset thus obtained.
  • n. An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72°.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The aspect of planets when they are distant from each other the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72°.
    • Word Usage
    "JT: If only the bottom quintile is benefited and the middle class stagnates, the median will not rise."
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    quartile    backspread    izea    lipof    percentile   
     
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