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Definition of quartile noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quartile

noun
 
/ˈkwɔːtaɪl/
 
/ˈkwɔːrtaɪl/,
 
/ˈkwɔːrtl/
(statistics)
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  1. one of four equal groups into which a set of things can be divided according to the distribution of a particular variable
    • women in the fourth quartile of height (= the shortest 25% of women)
    compare quintile
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from medieval Latin quartilis, from Latin quartus ‘fourth’.
See quartile in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee quartile in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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