different between decile vs debile

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [?d?sa??], [?di?sa??]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?s.?l/, /?d?s?a?l/

Noun

decile (plural deciles)

1. (statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.

   Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%.

2. Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.

   Our school is in the top decile for exam results.

3. (astrology) An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.

Hypernyms

• quantile

Coordinate terms

• (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100), millile (1000)

Translations

Anagrams

• ceiled, cieled, delice

Italian

Noun

decile m (plural decili)

1. (mathematics) decile
2. (organic chemistry) decyl

Related terms

• (organic chemistry): decano

Spanish

Verb

decile

1. (obsolete) Compound of the preterite decí and the pronoun le.

English

Etymology

From Middle French débile (“weak”), from Latin debilis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??b???/

Adjective

debile (comparative more debile, superlative most debile)

1. (obsolete) Weak; feeble.
   • about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito

     So, then, it was no surprise to the ranchhold when the buckboard spun to the door, and Raidler took up his debile protege like a handful of rags and set him down upon the gallery.

Anagrams

• belied, edible

German

Adjective

debile

1. inflection of debil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin debilis. Compare debole.

Adjective

debile (plural debili)

1. (obsolete) weak

   Synonym: debole

Related terms

• debilità

Latin

Adjective

d?bile

1. nominative neuter singular of d?bilis
2. accusative neuter singular of d?bilis
3. vocative neuter singular of d?bilis

Polish

Noun

debile

1. nominative/vocative plural of debil