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
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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