quartile

名词 quartile:

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

quar.tile

n.Statistics （名词）【统计学】
The value of the boundary at the 25th, 50th, or 75th percentiles of a frequency distribution divided into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
四分位值：在被分成四部分频数分布中位于25，50或75点的边界值，每部分包含四分之一人口

来源：
Middle English [ninety degrees apart (of the relative position of two celestial bodies)]
中古英语 [（两个天体的相对位置）分开成九十度]
from Old French quartil
源自 古法语 quartil
from Medieval Latin qu3rtolis [of a quartile]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 qu3rtolis [四分位（值）点的]
from Latin qu3rtus [fourth] * see quart
源自 拉丁语 qu3rtus [第四] *参见 quart