quartile
noun /ˈkwɔːtaɪl/
/ˈkwɔːrtaɪl/, /ˈkwɔːrtl/
(statistics)- one of four equal groups into which a set of things can be divided according to the distribution of a particular variable
- women in the fourth quartile of height (= the shortest 25% of women)
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from medieval Latin quartilis, from Latin quartus ‘fourth’.