desil
See also: děsil
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdesil/ [ˈde.sɪl]
- Rhymes: -esil
- Syllabification: de‧sil
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dutch deciel (“decile”), from Latin decilis.
Noun
desil (plural desil-desil)
- decile
- (statistics) any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency
- (statistics) any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch decyl (“decyl”).
Noun
desil (plural desil-desil)
- (organic chemistry) decyl: Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C10H21, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
Further reading
- “desil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.