Definitions For Hexadecile

Adjective

(not comparable) (statistics) Of or relating to a #noun, hexadecile. (astrology, obsolete) Of or denoting a #noun, hexadecile aspect.

Noun

HEXADECILE (plural HEXADECILEs) (statistics) Any of the quantile, quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets; a subset thus obtained. (astrology, obsolete) The aspect or position of any two celestial body, celestial bodies separated by 22.5° (that is, 360° divided by 16) as they appear to an observer on earth.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with hexadecyl.

Hypernyms

statistics quantile

Coordinate terms

statistics {{list:quantiles/en}}

Etymology

from hexa + decile or {{confix + en + hexadeca + ile}}.