different between percentile vs fractile

English

Etymology

Coined by Francis Galton in 1885, from percent +? -ile.

Noun

percentile (plural percentiles)

1. (statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
2. (statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided.

   He is highly intelligent – he has an IQ in the top percentile.

Synonyms

• %ile

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)

Derived terms

• percentile dice
• percentile rank

Synonyms

• centile

Translations

Anagrams

• pencil tree

Italian

Etymology

percento +? -ile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per.t??en?ti.le/
• Hyphenation: per?cen?tì?le

Noun

percentile m (plural percentili)

1. (statistics) percentile

English

Etymology 1

fraction +? -ile

Noun

fractile (plural fractiles)

1. (statistics) The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.

   The q-quantile is the same as the (1/q)-fractile.

   The median is the .5-fractile.

Translations

See also

• quantile

Etymology 2

fracture +? -ile

Adjective

fractile (comparative more fractile, superlative most fractile)

1. Describing the quality of a sedimentary stone as it relates to the sediments to cohesively bond without fracturing.

   A stone with a low fractile strength lacks tensile strength and will crack or crumble under stress or pressure.

Anagrams

• race lift