QUARTILE


Meaning of QUARTILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwȯr-ˌtī(-ə)l, -t ə l ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin quartus

Date: 1879

: any of the three values that divide the items of a frequency distribution into four classes with each containing one fourth of the total population ; also : any one of the four classes

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.