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pentile¹

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From pent- + -ile.

noun pentiles

  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. Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.

verb pentiles · pentiling · pentiled

  1. To divide into pentiles. 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)

pentile²

noun pentiles

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of pantile (“type of roof tile”).

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@misc{pentile_2026,
  title = {pentile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pentile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}