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pentiles

pentiles is the plural of pentile.

pentiles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pentile.

Meaning of pentile

Noun

pentile (plural pentiles)

  1. 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.
  2. Any one of the five groups.
    • Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.

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Questions about pentiles

What is pentiles the plural of?
Pentiles is the plural of pentile.

Words near pentiles in the dictionary

  1. pentices
  2. Penticton
  3. pentifylline
  4. pentile
  5. pentiled
  6. pentiles
  7. pentiling
  8. pentille
  9. pentimal
  10. pentimals
  11. pentiment

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