quartile

quar·tile  (kwôrtl, -tl)

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.

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[Middle English, 90 degrees apart (of the relative position of two celestial bodies), from Old French quartil, from Medieval Latin qurtlis, of a quartile, from Latin qurtus, fourth; see quart.]

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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]

Thesaurus

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 → cuartil m

quartile [ˈkwɔːtaɪl] n → quartile m

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quartile [ˈkwɔːtaɪl] n → quartile m