decile

Decile is defined as one of ten equal groups which are divided a large group of values or statistics.

(noun)

The richest 10 percent of the population is an example of a decile.

See decile in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Statistics any of the values which divide a frequency distribution into ten groups of equal frequency; also, any of these groups

Origin: dec- + -ile

See decile in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Statistics

Any one of the numbers or values in a series dividing the distribution of the individuals in the series into ten groups of equal frequency.
Any one of the ten groups.

Origin:

Origin: dec(i)-

Origin: + -ile²

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