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decile

Syllabification: (dec·ile)

Pronunciation: /ˈdesˌīl, -əl/

Definition of decile

noun

Statistics

each of ten equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of a particular variable:the lowest income decile of the population
each of the nine values of the random variable that divide a population into ten such groups.