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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quartile \Quar"tile\, noun [F. quartile aspect, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See {Quart}.] (Astrol.) Same as {Quadrate}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
quartile
noun: (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
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