Hexadecile

Quick meaning: Hexadecile is a noun meaning (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets; a subset thus obtained.

Meaning

(statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into sixteen equally numerous subsets; a subset thus obtained.

More Meanings

1. (statistics) Of or relating to a hexadecile.
2. (astrology, obsolete) Of or denoting a hexadecile aspect.
3. (astrology, obsolete) The aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 22.5° (that is, 360° divided by 16) as they appear to an observer on earth.

Example Sentences

The assessor can then be asked to successively divide an interval into equally likely segments yielding the octiles (X_(.125), X_(.875)), hexadeciles (X_(.0625), X_(.9375)), etc., etc.

Several algorithms were tested for the equi-population transform. The simplest consisted of dividing the total population by 16 and then, in a single linear scan, the parameter histogram was divided into hexadecile units. This approach performed poorly where parameter distributions were peaky, which is often the case.

But becauſe ſome Aſpects are more Effectual than others, therefore they are (reſpectu graduum, Scientiæ and Congruentiæ, necnon Efficacitatus) thus to be Diſposed: viz. ☌. ☍. ◻. △. ⚹. SS. Q. Bq. Vc. Dec. Td. Sq. SSq. whereunto are added (as in the laſt and loweſt degree of Dignity and Efficacy) the Quindecile, Hexadecile, Vigintile, and the Icoſiteſſeragonall, (or figure of 24 ſides), which are only considered in Venus and Mercury with the Sun.

Word Forms

• hexadeciles

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include octile, sextile, septile, quintile, duodecimate, hexatrigesimal.

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