Decile vs Diminish - What's the difference?
decile | diminish |
(statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.
(astrology) An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.
To make smaller.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
, author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins, volume=188, issue=2, page=23
, date=2012-12-21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To become smaller.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
* Bible, Ezekiel xxix. 15
* Milton
To taper.
To disappear gradually.
To take away; to subtract.
* Bible, Deuteronomy iv. 2
(music) To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone.
As a noun decile
is decile.As a verb diminish is
to make smaller.decile
English
Noun
(en noun)- Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%.
- Our school is in the top decile for exam results.
Coordinate terms
* quantile * centile/percentile * vigintile * duodecile * nonile * octile * septile * sextile * quintile * quartile * tercile/tertileAnagrams
* ----diminish
English
Verb
(es)We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys, passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.}}
Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
- This doth nothing diminish their opinion.
- I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
- O thou at whose sight all the stars / Hide their diminished heads.
- Neither shall ye diminish aught from it.
