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		Definition of quintile in English: quintilenoun ˈkwɪntɪlˈkwɪntʌɪlˈkwɪntaɪl 1Statistics  Any of five equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of a particular variable.  Example sentencesExamples -  The low level of wealth in at least the bottom two quintiles of the income distribution suggests that substantial numbers of people are likely to face such constraints.
 -  For example, leftists point to studies showing that the gap between the bottom quintile and the top two quintiles is increasing.
 -  In 1980, a majority of voters in three out of five income quintiles reported choosing the Democratic candidate, and the fourth quintile was nearly tied.
 -  All statistical models were consistent with this finding except for one, which categorized patients by quintile and showed no mortality difference in the first quintile.
 -  The study grouped doctors into five quintiles by number of procedures a year: 1 to 33, 34 to 89, 90 to 139, 140 to 206 and 207 to 582.
 
 - 1.1 Each of the four values of the random variable which divide a population into quintiles.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Socioeconomic status was measured by the equivalent family income quintile of the patient.
 -  As the NSW hospitals data had also been geo-coded, we could impute an EFI quintile for each patient, based on the actual distribution of SES at the Collection District-sex-age level.
 -  The terms tercile, quartile, quintile and decile should refer to the percentiles which divide the distribution into 3, 4, 5, or 10 equal parts, respectively.
 -  They analyzed baseline serum vitamin A concentration in relation to risk for hip fractures as a continuous variable and by quintiles.
 
  
 2Astrology  mass noun An aspect of 72° (one fifth of a circle).  Example sentencesExamples -  That quintile between Pluto and Uranus met and re-met altogether five times (due to the retrograde motions), and Plutonium was created at the last of these five quintiles.
 -  As it has then gone three fifths around the zodiac or 216°, that is three quintile divisions, in the other direction, it is again pointing towards Earth, and this is within less than one degree!
 -  The quintile refers to knowing and the empowerment which comes from knowing.
 
 
 Origin   Early 17th century: from Latin quintilis (mensis) 'fifth month, July', from quintus 'fifth'.    Definition of quintile in US English: quintilenounˈkwɪntaɪlˈkwintīl 1Statistics  Any of five equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of a particular variable.  Example sentencesExamples -  For example, leftists point to studies showing that the gap between the bottom quintile and the top two quintiles is increasing.
 -  The study grouped doctors into five quintiles by number of procedures a year: 1 to 33, 34 to 89, 90 to 139, 140 to 206 and 207 to 582.
 -  All statistical models were consistent with this finding except for one, which categorized patients by quintile and showed no mortality difference in the first quintile.
 -  The low level of wealth in at least the bottom two quintiles of the income distribution suggests that substantial numbers of people are likely to face such constraints.
 -  In 1980, a majority of voters in three out of five income quintiles reported choosing the Democratic candidate, and the fourth quintile was nearly tied.
 
 - 1.1 Each of the four values of the random variable that divide a population into five groups.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Socioeconomic status was measured by the equivalent family income quintile of the patient.
 -  They analyzed baseline serum vitamin A concentration in relation to risk for hip fractures as a continuous variable and by quintiles.
 -  The terms tercile, quartile, quintile and decile should refer to the percentiles which divide the distribution into 3, 4, 5, or 10 equal parts, respectively.
 -  As the NSW hospitals data had also been geo-coded, we could impute an EFI quintile for each patient, based on the actual distribution of SES at the Collection District-sex-age level.
 
  
 2Astrology  An aspect of 72° (one fifth of a circle).  Example sentencesExamples -  As it has then gone three fifths around the zodiac or 216°, that is three quintile divisions, in the other direction, it is again pointing towards Earth, and this is within less than one degree!
 -  The quintile refers to knowing and the empowerment which comes from knowing.
 -  That quintile between Pluto and Uranus met and re-met altogether five times (due to the retrograde motions), and Plutonium was created at the last of these five quintiles.
 
 
 Origin   Early 17th century: from Latin quintilis (mensis) ‘fifth month, July’, from quintus ‘fifth’.     |