sextile


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sex·tile

 (sĕk′stīl′, -stəl)
adj.
Of or relating to the position of two celestial bodies when they are 60° apart.

[Latin sextīlis, one sixth, from sextus, sixth; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]
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sextile

(ˈsɛkstaɪl)
n
1. (Statistics) statistics one of five actual or notional values of a variable dividing its distribution into six groups with equal frequencies
2. (Astrology) astrology astronomy an aspect or position of 60° between two planets or other celestial bodies
3. (Astronomy) astrology astronomy an aspect or position of 60° between two planets or other celestial bodies
[C16: from Latin sextīlis one sixth (of a circle), from sextus sixth]
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sex•tile

(ˈsɛk stɪl, -staɪl)

adj.
noting or pertaining to the aspect or position of two heavenly bodies when 60° distant from each other.
[1550–60; < Medieval Latin sextīlis, Latin: the sixth month =sext(us) sixth + -īlis -ile3]
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References in classic literature ?
To the blanc Moone Her office they prescrib'd, to th' other five Thir planetarie motions and aspects In SEXTILE, SQUARE, and TRINE, and OPPOSITE, Of noxious efficacie, and when to joyne In Synod unbenigne, and taught the fixt Thir influence malignant when to showre, Which of them rising with the Sun, or falling, Should prove tempestuous: To the Winds they set Thir corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, Aire, and Shoar, the Thunder when to rowle With terror through the dark Aereal Hall.
Under these conditions, the number of the square is 90, it is the mean between 120 (the number of the trine) and 60 (the number of the sextile); and it produces two ratios: 3/2 and 4/3, in accordance with the highest rank of consonant intervals, the fifth and fourth.
Each training program contributed a median of 4 (IQR: 2-5) residents per sextile (with each sextile representing 2 consecutive years) (Table 1).
The cell entries show the transition probabilities between sextile rankings between 1991 and 2000 using the full sample of the beliefs and attitudes special study in the fifth sweep.
A total of 5 dummy variables represent an individual's sextile ranking.
Venus and Mars are perfectly aligned, in what is known as an enabling Sextile. And they are urging one another on through to the end of this week.
When broken down by glucose sextile, mortality ranged from 0.7% for those with 3-BG less than 150 mg/dL to 2.5% with 3-BG 175-200 mg/dL, up to 14% for those whose blood sugars averaged more than 250 mg/dL during their first 3 perioperative days.
LIKE Superman, Christopher Reeves always displayed courage and strength thanks to a Sagittarian Mars trine Leo Ascendant and Pluto, and Mars sextile Neptune.
64 Saturn was a planet astrologically friendly with Jupiter, and Saturn and Jupiter had an additionally beneficial relationship (sextile) in Alessandro's birth chart.
In an analysis of variance without adjustment for covariates, IQ was significantly lower in all five groups of children with cord mercury concentrations [greater than or equal to] 7.5 [micro]g/L, compared with those in the least-exposed sextile (Figure 1A).