quartile

English

Etymology

From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/

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.
This school is ranked in the first quartile.

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)

Derived terms

interquartile range

Translations

any of the three points

Czech: kvartil m
Danish: kvartil c
Estonian: kvartiil
Finnish: kvartiili (fi)
French: quartile (fr) m

German: Quartil n
Italian: quartile (it)
Spanish: cuartil
Swedish: kvartil c

any of the four groups

Danish: kvartil c
Estonian: kvartiil
Finnish: kvartiili (fi)

French: quartile (fr) m
Swedish: kvartil

Anagrams

requital

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