Quintile

Full definition of quintile

Noun

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

Synonyms

• fifth

Coordinate terms

• quantile
• centile/percentile
• vigintile
• duodecile
• decile
• nonile
• octile
• septile
• sextile
• quintile
• quartile
• tercile/tertile

Anagrams

• quitline