Quartile

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quartile \Quar"tile\, n. [F. quartile aspect, fr. L. quartus the
     fourth. See {Quart}.] (Astrol.)
     Same as {Quadrate}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  quartile
       n : (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered
           distribution into four parts each containing one quarter
           of the scores