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Numerous vs Quintile - What's the difference?

numerous | quintile |

As an adjective numerous

is indefinitely large numerically, many.

As a noun quintile is

(statistics) any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.

numerous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Indefinitely large numerically, many.
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  • Synonyms

    * See many

    Derived terms

    * overnumerous * overnumerousness * supernumerous * supernumerousness * unnumerous

    quintile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
  • (by extension) A subset thus obtained.
  • (astrology) An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)
  • Synonyms

    * fifth

    Coordinate terms

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

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