"sextile" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛks.taɪl/
Etymology: From Latin sextīlis (“one sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + īlis (“-ile”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sextīlis||one sixth}} Latin sextīlis (“one sixth”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sextile (not comparable)
  1. (astronomy, astrology) Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astrology, Astronomy, Six
    Sense id: en-sextile-en-adj-SuEpURkG Disambiguation of Six: 33 34 22 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 20 3 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 21 6 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 58 21 5 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 20 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 24 7 19 Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛks.taɪl/ Forms: sextiles [plural]
Etymology: From Latin sextīlis (“one sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + īlis (“-ile”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sextīlis||one sixth}} Latin sextīlis (“one sixth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sextile (plural sextiles)
  1. (statistics) A quantile of six equal proportions; any of the subsets thus obtained. Categories (topical): Statistics, Six Translations (statistics: six-quantile): sekstiili (Finnish) Translations (statistics: subset): sekstiili (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sextile-en-noun-ahXujOBo Disambiguation of Six: 33 34 22 11 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics Disambiguation of 'statistics: six-quantile': 75 7 18 Disambiguation of 'statistics: subset': 63 5 32
  2. A segment that is a sixth of the whole. Categories (topical): Six
    Sense id: en-sextile-en-noun-yx7OYr8d Disambiguation of Six: 33 34 22 11
  3. (astronomy, astrology) A sextile aspect or position. Categories (topical): Astrology, Astronomy, Six Coordinate_terms (A sextile aspect or position.): tercile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], tertile [statistics, mathematics, sciences]
    Sense id: en-sextile-en-noun-fK5otryh Disambiguation of Six: 33 34 22 11 Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'A sextile aspect or position.': 2 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: quantile Related terms:
Coordinate_terms: median (2-quantile) [statistics, mathematics, sciences], quartile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], quintile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], septile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], octile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], decile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], hexadecile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], ventile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], vigintile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], centile [statistics, mathematics, sciences], percentile (100) [statistics, mathematics, sciences], millile (1000) [statistics, mathematics, sciences]

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Download raw JSONL data for sextile meaning in English (4.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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