decile

noun

1. 十分位数
   one of ten equal groups into which a collection of things or people can be divided according to the distribution of a particular variable
   1. families in the top decile of income (= the 10% of families with the highest income)
      收入排在前十分位的家庭

1. A 2009 study by Gallup found that companies in the top decile for employee engagement boosted earnings per share at nearly four times the rate of companies with lower scores.
   盖洛普公司（Gallup）2009年的一项研究发现，员工敬业度排名前十位的公司，其每股收益率约是得分较低公司的四倍。
2. The results were similar when glucose levels were examined by decile, the researchers note.
   研究人员指出，当血糖采用十分位值检测时，这些研究结果是相同的。
3. The typical household income posited by one commentator for the coping class is 88000 a year, well into the top decile of UK earnings.
   一位评论员将普通“应付阶级”的家庭年收入定为8.8万英镑，这已经算是英国最高收入阶层了。
4. The profitable customers are of considerable importance because it is common for the top profit decile to support the remaining customer base.
   产生盈利的客户对于银行相当重要，因为产生较高利润客户可以支持银行保留客户群。
5. The changes of precipitation amount is mainly caused by the changes of heavy precipitation events, especially for the highest decile.
   降水量的变化主要由强降水带来的，特别是最高等分那部分降水事件的变化对降水量的变化贡献率很大。

noun

1. (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores