Added 10 October 2026
quartile
/ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/ noun
Latin root: quartilus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about quartile at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores.
Origin
From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus. By surface analysis, quart + -ile.
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