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quartile

Syllabification: (quar·tile)

Pronunciation: /ˈkwôrˌtīl, ˈkwôrtl/

Definition of quartile

noun

Statistics

each of four equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of a particular variable.
each of the three values of the random variable that divide a population into four groups.