QUINTILE


Meaning of QUINTILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwin-ˌtī(-ə)l ]

noun

Etymology: Latin quintus + English -ile (II)

Date: 1922

: any of the four values that divide the items of a frequency distribution into five classes with each containing one fifth of the total population ; also : any one of the five classes

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.