quar·tile (kwôr t l , -t l)n. The value of the boundary at the 25th, 50th, or 75th percentiles of a frequency distribution divided into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population. [Middle English, 90 degrees apart (of the relative position of two celestial bodies), from Old French quartil, from Medieval Latin qu  rtlis, of a quartile, from Latin qurtus, fourth; see quart.] |
quartile [ˈkwɔːtaɪl]
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics one of three actual or notional values of a variable dividing its distribution into four groups with equal frequencies
adj
1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics denoting or relating to a quartile
2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Astrology) Astrology denoting an aspect of two heavenly bodies when their longitudes differ by 90°
3. a quarter part of a distribution
[from Medieval Latin quartīlis, from Latin quartus fourth]
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| Noun | 1. | quartile - (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores mark, score, grade - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
Translations
quartile [ˈkwɔːtaɪl] n → quartile m
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