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Meaning of pentile | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Italiano pentile

Examples

“Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.”
“high (30) & very high (10) pentiles not analyzed in IRP Apply pentiling to streamflows at all hydro plant locations from American Falls to Brownlee inflow (i.e. years comprising a pentile at Brownlee are those comprising the pentile at all locations)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

pentille pentimal pentiment pentimento pentina pentine

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