Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Decil \Dec"il\, Decile \Dec"ile\, n. [F. d['e]cil, fr. L. decem
ten? cf. It. decile.] (Astrol.)
An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant
from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36[deg].
[1913 Webster] Deciliter
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decile
n 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