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▪ I. fractile, n. Statistics.|ˈfræktaɪl| [ad. Da. fraktil (A. Hald 1948, in Statistiske Metoder iv. 58); cf. fraction n. and -ile 2.] = quantile n.
1952G. Seidelin tr. Hald's Statistical Theory iv. 66 Corresponding to a given ordinate we find an abscissa which gives the limit below which we have that fraction of the observations indicated by the ordinate. This abscissa will be termed the fractile corresponding to the given fraction. 1961[see quantile n.]. 1976Lancet 31 Jan. 245/1 The clinician should be told how the value compares with one or more sets of reference values, utilising fractiles or S.D. units. ▪ II. fractile, a.|ˈfræktɪl| [f. as prec. + -ile1.] Pertaining to fraction or breakage; indicating liability to breakage or cleavage.
1727Bailey vol. II, Fractile, Frail or Brittle. 1893Scribner's Mag. Apr. 470/2 The fractile lines of the sand⁓stone. |