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QUINTILE

Definition: QUINTILE

QUINTILE

Noun

1. The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72°.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Quintile \Quin"tile\, noun. [French expression quintil aspect, from the Latin expression quintus the fifth.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: QUINTILE

DomainDefinition

Religion & Philosophy

Minor aspect. 72 degrees. Source: European Union. (references)

Statistics

A value that divides a sample of data into five groups containing(as far as possible)equal numbers of observations. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: QUINTILE

English words defined with "QUINTILE": Semiquintile. (references)

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Commercial Usage: QUINTILE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Alimman viidenneksen tulo- ja kulutusrakenne vuonna 1976 = Structure of income and consumption in the lowest quintile in 1976 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: QUINTILE

"QUINTILE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "QUINTILE" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%9117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: QUINTILE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

quintile

7

management quintile wealth

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: QUINTILE

Language Translations for "QUINTILE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kvintil. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kwintiel. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

viidennespiste, kvintiili. (various references)

   

French

  

quintile, quintil. (various references)

   

German

  

Quintil. (various references)

   

Italian

  

quintile. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

intilequay

   

Spanish

  

quintil. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: QUINTILE

Derivations

Words beginning with "QUINTILE": quintiles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"QUINTILE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kuntilet, quantile, quantise, Quantrill, Quendale, Quenild, quentile, Quindlen, quinite, Quinti, quintil, quintiple, quitie, quitle. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "QUINTILE"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "QUINTILE" (pronounced kwi"nti'l or kwi"ntī'l)
3-t i' lBastille, quartile, rototill, standstill.
4-n t ī' lgentile, mercantile, percentile.
3-t ī' lfreestyle, hairstyle, lifestyle, peristyle, textile, turnstile.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: QUINTILE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-n-q-t-u"

-1 letter: inquiet, inutile.

-2 letters: lutein, quinte.

-3 letters: elint, inlet, lunet, quiet, quilt, quint, quite, unite, unlet, unlit, untie, until, utile.

-4 letters: etui, inti, lent, lien, lieu, line, lint, lite, litu, lune, lunt, lute, nite, quin, quit, tile, tine, tule, tune, unit.

-5 letters: lei, let, leu, lie, lin, lit, net, nil, nit, nut, tel, ten, tie, til.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-i-l-n-q-t-u"
 

+1 letter: quintiles.

 

+2 letters: inequality.

 

+3 letters: equilibrant, equinoctial, inequitable, inequitably, tranquilize.

 

+4 letters: aquilinities, equalitarian, equalization, equilibrants, equinoctials, inequalities, liquefaction, quantifiable, tranquilized, tranquilizer, tranquilizes, tranquillize.

 

+5 letters: disquietingly, equalitarians, equalizations, equidistantly, equilibrating, equilibration, equipotential, inquisitively, liquefactions, quintuplicate, tranquilities, tranquilizers, tranquillized, tranquillizer, tranquillizes, ventriloquial, ventriloquies, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, ventriloquize.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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