(Statistics)any of five equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of a particular variable (统计)五分位数 ■each of the four values of the random variable which divide a population into five such groups (五分位数中的)四个值之一
[mass noun](Astrology)an aspect of 72° (one fifth of a circle) (占星)(天体的)五分一对座
语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin quintilis (mensis) 'fifth month, July', from quintus 'fifth'