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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DECILE

From deca- + -ile.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DECILE

decile  [ˈdɛsɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decile is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decile

In descriptive statistics, a decile is any of the nine values that divide the sorted data into ten equal parts, so that each part represents 1/10 of the sample or population. A decile is one possible form of a quantile.

Definition of decile in the English dictionary

The definition of decile in the dictionary is a tenth part of a distribution.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECILE


axil
ˈæksɪl
axile
ˈæksɪl
chlorambucil
klɔːˈræmbjʊsɪl
cill
sɪl
cresyl
ˈkresɪl
difficile
dɪˈfɪsɪl
domicil
ˈdɒmɪsɪl
doorsill
ˈdɔːˌsɪl
esile
ˈeɪsɪl
fluorouracil
ˌflʊərəʊˈjʊərəsɪl
galactosyl
ɡəˈlæktəˌsɪl
glycosyl
ˈɡlaɪkəˌsɪl
glycyl
ˈɡlaɪsɪl
hexyl
ˈhɛksɪl
hydroxyl
haɪˈdrɒksɪl
propylthiouracil
ˌprəʊpɪlˌθaɪəʊˈjʊərəsɪl
sill
sɪl
uracil
ˈjʊərəsɪl
windowsill
ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl
Yggdrasil
ˈɪɡdrəsɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECILE

deciding
decidua
deciduae
decidual
deciduate
deciduous
deciduously
deciduousness
decigram
decigramme
deciliter
decilitre
decillion
decillionth
decimal
decimal classification
decimal currency
decimal fraction
decimal place
decimal point

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECILE

ancile
C.difficile
Clostridium difficile
docile
domicile
facile
gracile
imbecile
indocile
overfacile
reconcile
undocile

Synonyms and antonyms of decile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECILE

Find out the translation of decile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

等分
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decil
570 millions of speakers

English

decile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दशमक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العشيري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

децильный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decile
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Decile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dezil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

十分位数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

십분 위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thập phân vị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பதின்மானம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्णायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

decile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decyl
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

доцільний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεκατημόριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

desiel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decilen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

desil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECILE»

The term «decile» is regularly used and occupies the 76.851 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECILE»

Discover the use of decile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Statistical Modeling and Analysis for Database Marketing: ...
12.3 Decile Analysis and Cum Lift for Response Model The decile analysis is a tabular display of model performance. I illustrate the construction and interpretation of the response decile analysis in Table 12.3. (The response model , on which ...
Bruce Ratner, 2003
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Handbook of Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical ...
Table 8.6 Class Intervals for Chi-Square Analysis of Example 8.3 *As a general rule, if two or more scores are equal to the value of x, one-half of the scores are assigned to the 5th decile and one-half to the 6th decile. If only one score equals X, ...
David J. Sheskin, 2003
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Structural Models of Wage and Employment Dynamics
Frequency of job-to-job transitions by wage decile model, the model predicts that the fraction of completed spells that end in a job transition should fall as the wage increases. Table 9 examines this prediction in the data by calculating the ...
Henning Bunzel, 2006
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Supplemental manual on the development and implementation of ...
For that reason, an alternative approach was recommended by EPA, which it has called the decile approach. The method involves ordering the daily removal efficiencies and identifying nine decile values. In other words, after the daily ...
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water, 1991
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When Schools Compete: A Cautionary Tale
The ministry sorted all 2,700 schools across the country from low to high by each of the six variables and divided them into tenths, or deciles, so that each school had a decile ranking for each characteristic. In the interests of simplicity and ...
Edward B. Fiske, Helen F. Ladd, 2001
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The Gender Impact of Social Security Reform
All deciles >MPG target for men Women at 60: Fund needed for annuity > MPG: 2002 US$15,360 1st decile $4,293 $6,675 $10,374 2d decile $6,412 $9,541 $14,331 3d decile $8,205 $11,020 4th decile $9,731 $12,541 5th decile $10,688  ...
Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards, Rebeca Wong, 2008
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Cost of Living for Different Social Groups in Ireland 1994-2003
In contrast to period 1, the lowest decile of urban households has experienced inflation at 0.2 percentage points below that of the State as a whole in period 2. As in period 1, however, we see that urban dwellers typically experience higher ...
Eithne Murphy, Eoghan Garvey, Stephen O'Neill, 2008
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The Gender Impact of Pension Reform: A Cross-country Analysis
Appendix C. Estimated fund accumulations by decile, gender and schooling, Chile* (estimated accumulations given for deciles that do not meet MPG target) * MPG target is accumulation that yields annuity higher than MPG and therefore ...
Estelle James, Alejandra Cox Edwards, Rebeca Wong, 2003
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Economic Liberalization, Distribution, and Poverty: Latin ...
Table 6.11 Labour market indicators by income deciles, 1991 and 1997 National Urban Rural Participation rate (%) Decile 1 54.7 49.2 55.5 44.7 46.4 52.9 Decile 2 56.5 49.3 47.3 47.5 49.9 59.1 Decile 3 53.1 50.1 49.8 50.5 49.6 57.7 Decile 4 ...
Rob Vos, Lance Taylor, Ricardo Paes de Barros, 2002
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Hedge Funds: Insights in Performance Measurement, Risk ...
Only funds in decile 1 and 2 have positively skewed performance distribution. The kurtosis is largely positive for alldeciles, which indicates that all the distributions of returns havefat tails. The decilesof directional hedge funds (panel Bof Table ...
Greg N. Gregoriou, Georges Hübner, Nicolas Papageorgiou, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pupils from wealthier schools grabbing more of the top NCEA marks
At NCEA level 1, the proportion of pupils from decile 8 to ten schools awarded an excellence endorsement has increased by 16.5 percentage ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
$16k funding cut confirmed for Picton School
Principal Alister McCosh said the school had lost about $13,000 in government funding after the school's decile was changed from three to five ... «Waikato Times, Jul 15»
3
Students missing out while Crown celebrates a surplus - principal
Low decile schools relied on increased funding to cover the cost of teacher aides and additional resources needed to provide SAC. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
4
Gap back to Maori and Pasifika students in NCEA remains wide
"If you are male and Maori and you go to a high decile school, you will do better than if you are Maori and male and go to a low-decile school. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
SocGen: Expensive Stocks With Poor Earnings Quality July Update
The earnings quality score is based on the average decile rank of ten factors (Total Accruals, Accruals Volatility, Inventory, Receivables, Asset ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
6
Snapshot: Canadian incomes little changed except for a few
It found Canadians in the highest decile accounted for 23.7 per cent of total after-tax income in Canada, based on adjusted after-tax income. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
7
Porirua College struggling with parents to keep kids in class
Porirua College, a decile one school where nine out of ten pupils are of Maori or Pasifika ethnicity, has gradually increased its roll-based NCEA ... «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
8
Rio Tinto Alcan | Rio Tinto's modernised Kitimat smelter begins …
... first decile of the industry cost curve. At full production, Kitimat will be one of the most efficient, greenest and lowest-cost smelters in the world. «Canada NewsWire, Jul 15»
9
Students build house from scratch
The building and construction class was introduced to the decile one school last year. Students interested in a career in trades or technology ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
10
Rich listers back education innovation
NEXT Foundation chair Chris Liddell says the disparity in learning outcomes of children in lower decile school communities is difficult to resolve ... «waateanews.com, Jul 15»

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