pentile

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.
  2. Obsolete form of pantile (“type of roof tile”). alt-of,obsolete
  3. Any one of the five groups.
    — Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.
动词 v.
  1. To divide into pentiles.
    — Apply pentiling to streamflows at all hydro plant locations from American Falls to Brownlee inflow (i.e. years comprising a pentile at Brownlee are those comprising the pentile at all locations)

词形变化

pentiles plural pentiles present,singular,third-person pentiling participle,present pentiled participle,past pentiled past pentiles plural

词汇关系

并列词
median (2-quantile) tercile tertile quartile pentile quintile sextile septile octile decile hexadecile ventile vigintile centile percentile (100) millile permillile (1000)

词源

Etymology tree
English pent-
English -ile
English pentile
From pent- + -ile.
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