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ventile

ventile noun: any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.

Noun

ventile (plural ventiles)

  1. Any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.
  2. Any one of the twenty groups so divided.

Proper noun capitalized: Ventile

Ventile

  1. A waterproof and windproof cotton fabric.

Synonyms of ventile

Forms of ventile

pluralventiles

Origin of ventile

From Italian venti (“twenty”), Late Latin vĭnti, from Latin vīgintī.

Brand name.

Questions about ventile

What does ventile mean?
Ventile means any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.
What part of speech is ventile?
Ventile can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ventile?
The plural of ventile is ventiles.

Words near ventile in the dictionary

  1. ventilations
  2. ventilative
  3. ventilator
  4. ventilators
  5. ventilatory
  6. ventile
  7. ventiles
  8. ventilometer
  9. ventilometers
  10. ventilometric
  11. ventilometry

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