QUARTILE

quartile

(noun) (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

quartile (plural quartiles)

(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

(statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.

Hypernyms

• quantile

Coordinate terms

• (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100)

Anagrams

• requital

Source: Wiktionary


Quar"tile, n. Etym: [F.quartile aspect, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart.] (Astrol.)

Definition: Same as Quadrate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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