quartile
/ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/
quartile noun: any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
Noun
quartile (plural quartiles)
- Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
- Any one of the four groups so divided.
- This school is ranked in the first quartile.
- 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
Verb
quartile (third-person singular simple present quartiles, present participle quartiling, simple past and past participle quartiled)
- To divide into quartiles.
quartile meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian
quartile in Tamil
- கால்மம், கால்மானம்
quartile in Malayalam
- ചതുർത്ഥകം
quartile in Kannada
- ಚತುರ್ಥಕ
quartile in Indonesian
- any of the three points
- kuartil
- any of the four groups
- kuartil
Examples of quartile in a sentence
- 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...
- Total activity levels in the lowest quartile were equivalent to walking for 49 minutes at roughly 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per hour daily.2024 November 15, Kristen Rogers, “Want to live an extra 5 to 10 years? Adopt this habit, study suggests”, in CNN, archived from the...
Forms of quartile
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | quartiles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | quartiles |
| present participle | quartiling |
| past participle | quartiled |
| past | quartiled |
Origin of quartile
From Middle French quartil, from Medieval Latin quartilus. By surface analysis, quart + -ile.
Words formed from quartile
Questions about quartile
- What does quartile mean?
- Quartile means any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
- What is quartile in Tamil?
- Quartile in Tamil is கால்மம், கால்மானம். See Quartile meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use quartile in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is quartile?
- Quartile can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce quartile?
- Quartile is pronounced /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/.
- What is the plural of quartile?
- The plural of quartile is quartiles.
Words near quartile in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quartile (page history and authors); quartile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quartile (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quartile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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