septile

English

Etymology 1

Noun

septile (plural septiles)

1. (statistics) Any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into seven equally numerous subsets.

   Hypernym: quantile

2. (astrology) An angle of roughly 51.5° (1/7 of the 360° ecliptic).

Hypernyms

• quantile

Coordinate terms

• (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100), millile (1000)

Etymology 2

Adjective

septile (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to a septum; septal.

Anagrams

• Epistle, epistle, pelites