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Webster 1913 Edition
Sextile
Sex′tile
,Adj.
(Astrol.)
Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
Glanvill.
Sex′tile
,Noun.
[Cf. F. aspect
sextil
.] (Astrol.)
The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: [8star].
Hutton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sextile
SEX'TILE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sextile
sextile
English
Adjective
sextile (not comparable)
- (astronomy, astrology) Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.
Noun
sextile (plural sextiles)
- (statistics) The specific term used for a quantile of six equal proportions; any of the subsets thus obtained.
- A segment that is a sixth of the whole.
- (astronomy, astrology) A sextile aspect or position.
Hypernyms
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)
Translations
statistics: six-quantile
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statistics: subset
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