Quartile

Full definition of quartile

Noun

1. (statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
2. (statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.This school is ranked in the first quartile.

Derived terms

• interquartile range

Coordinate terms

• quantile
• centile/percentile
• vigintile
• ventile
• duodecile
• decile
• nonile
• octile
• septile
• sextile
• quintile
• quartile
• tercile/tertile

Anagrams

• requital