quartile
/ˈkwɔː(ɹ)taɪl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: quartil, quartilus