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quantile

/ˈkwɒn.taɪl/

quantile noun: one of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.

Noun

quantile (plural quantiles)

  1. One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
    • It should be noted that quantile regression controls for the quantiles of the y variable, and not of the original covariate i.e. the x variable.2011 January 31, Anil K. Bera, Aurobindo Ghosh, Zhijie Xiao, “FRACTILES ON QUANTILE REGRESSION WITH APPLICATIONS”, in Mathematics Subject Classification, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2025...

quantile meaning in Tamil

quantile in Tamil

மதிப்பளவை

Forms of quantile

pluralquantiles

Origin of quantile

Back-formation from quantity, modeled on percentile. By surface analysis, quant(ity) + -ile.

Words formed from quantile

Questions about quantile

What does quantile mean?
Quantile means one of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
What is quantile in Tamil?
Quantile in Tamil is மதிப்பளவை. See Quantile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is quantile?
Quantile is a noun.
How do you pronounce quantile?
Quantile is pronounced /ˈkwɒn.taɪl/.
What is the plural of quantile?
The plural of quantile is quantiles.

Words near quantile in the dictionary

  1. quantifier
  2. quantifiers
  3. quantifies
  4. quantify
  5. quantifying
  6. quantile
  7. quantiled
  8. quantiles
  9. quantimeter
  10. quantimeters
  11. quanting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quantile (page history and authors); quantile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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