English

Noun

pentile (plural: pentiles)

#(statistics) Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.
#(statistics) Any one of the five groups.
#*Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.

See also
quartile
decile
percentile

References

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• 2006-09-09 13:20 - Doremítzwr - /* Noun */ emboldened both singular and plural forms (to standardise)

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