hexadecile

Meanings

Noun

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

Adjective

• Of or relating to a hexadecile.
• Of or denoting a hexadecile aspect.

Related

Broader meaning words

• quantile

Origin

• hexa- + decile or hexadeca- + -ile.