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quan•tile
(kwon′tīl, -til),USA pronunciation n. [Statistics.]
- Statisticsone of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions. Cf. decile, percentile, quartile, quintile.
- quant(ity) + -ile noun, nominal suffix, on the model of percentile 1935–40
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