quartile

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus. By surface analysis, quart + -ile.

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