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decile | x |

As a noun decile

is decile.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

decile

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
    • Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%.
  • Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.
    • Our school is in the top decile for exam results.
  • (astrology) An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.

    • Coordinate terms

    * quantile * centile/percentile * vigintile * duodecile * nonile * octile * septile * sextile * quintile * quartile * tercile/tertile

    Anagrams

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----