quartile en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/
Etymology
From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus. By surface analysis, quart + -ile.
Meanings
- Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
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Any one of the four groups so divided.
This school is ranked in the first quartile.
In June 2021, the top-income quartile of Chase customers had a median cash buffer of 43 days, while the lowest-income quartile had a median cash buffer of 22 days.
2023 July 18, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Americans aren’t rebuilding their savings fast enough”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2023:Total activity levels in the lowest quartile were equivalent to walking for 49 minutes at roughly 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per hour daily. Total activity levels in the second-, third- and fourth-highest quartiles were equivalent to 78, 105 and 160 minutes, respectively.
2024 November 15, Kristen Rogers, “Want to live an extra 5 to 10 years? Adopt this habit, study suggests”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2025:The Department for Transport's National Travel Survey shows that workers in the lowest income quartile are twice as likely to use public transport.
2021 July 28, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Confusion and dissent over face mask requirements: Reaction to the Guidance: British Safety Council”, in RAIL, number 936, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quartiles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
pentile · vigintile · sextile · octile · tercile · septile · millile · median (2-quantile) · quintile · decile · tertile · ventile · centile · hexadecile · percentile (100) · permillile (1000)
Deriveds
lower quartile · upper quartile · intraquartile · interquartile range · semiquartile · interquartile
Hypernyms
Translations (26)
da kvartil (any of the four groups) · de Quartil (any of the three points) · gl cuartil (any of the four groups) · pt quartil (any of the four groups) · cs kvartil (any of the three points) · cmn 四分位數 /四分位数 (any of the three points) · fr quartile (any of the four groups) · id kuartil (any of the three points) · da kvartil (any of the three points) · es cuartil (any of the three points) · fi kvartiili (any of the three points) · et kvartiil (any of the three points) · cy chwartel (any of the three points) · fi kvartiili (any of the four groups) · gl cuartil (any of the three points) · ca quartil (any of the three points) · ca quartil (any of the four groups) · pt quartil (any of the three points) · sv kvartil (any of the four groups) · it quartile (any of the three points) · fr quartile (any of the three points) · sv kvartil (any of the three points) · et kvartiil (any of the four groups) · mi hauwhātanga (any of the three points) · id kuartil (any of the four groups) · cy chwartel (any of the four groups)