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单词 quindecile
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quindecileadj.n.

Brit. /kwɪnˈdɛsʌɪl/, /kwɪnˈdɛsᵻl/, U.S. /kwɪnˈdɛˌsaɪl/, /kwɪnˈdɛs(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s quindecil, 1600s– quindecile.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quindecilis.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin quindecilis (1619 in Kepler Harmonices Mundi) < classical Latin quīndecim fifteen + -īlis -il suffix. Compare earlier quartile adj., quintile adj., sextile adj., etc.
Astrology and Astronomy.
Designating the aspect of two celestial objects which are one fifteenth of a circle (24 degrees) apart in the sky. Also as n.
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quindecile1679
1679 J. Moxon Math. made Easie 171 (table) The Aspects New and Old... Vigintile. Quindecile. Semisextile. [Etc.]
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ii. 39 Then the Vigintile, and Quindecile, and Decile, &c. will also look to be counted; while we hope..we shall never be forced to own such Driblets of Aspects.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. 99 To these [aspects of Ptolemy] Kepler added eleven more, viz. the Vigintile,..the quindecile,..the semisextile [etc.].
1990 tr. K. Hamaker-Zondag Aspects & Personality i. 17 (heading) The quindecile: 24°.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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