Quantiles
- The only 2-quantile is called the median
- The 3-quantiles are called tertiles or terciles → T
- The 4-quantiles are called quartiles → Q
- The 5-quantiles are called quintiles → QU
- The 6-quantiles are called sextiles → S
- The 7-quantiles are called septiles
- The 8-quantiles are called octiles
- The 10-quantiles are called deciles → D
- The 12-quantiles are called duo-deciles or dodeciles
- The 16-quantiles are called hexadeciles → H
- The 20-quantiles are called ventiles, vigintiles, or demi-deciles → V
- The 100-quantiles are called percentiles → P
- The 1000-quantiles have been called permilles or milliles, but these are rare and largely obsolete