quantile
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒn.taɪl/
The English word “quantile” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
Etymology
Back-formation from quantity, modeled on percentile. By surface analysis, quant(ity) + -ile.
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