Definition of QUARTILE

quartile

Plural: quartiles

Noun

  • (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
  • Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
  • Any one of the four groups so divided.

Examples

  • "This school is ranked in the first quartile."

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus.

Scrabble Score: 17

quartile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 19

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