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decile

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dec·ile  (dsl, -l)
n. Statistics
1. Any one of the numbers or values in a series dividing the distribution of the individuals in the series into ten groups of equal frequency.
2. Any one of the ten groups.
[dec(i)- + -ile2.]
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Noun1.decile - (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
mark, score, grade - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
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