quar.tile

quartile的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈkwɔ:rˌtail, -til]
KK音标发音： [ˈkwɔrˌtaɪl, -tɪl]

quartile的词性：
n.Statistics （名词）【统计学】

1. 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

quartile的词源：

2. 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]

3. from Old French quartil
源自 古法语 quartil

4. from Medieval Latin qu3rt^olis [of a quartile]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 qu3rt^olis [四分位（值）点的]

5. from Latin qu3rtus [fourth] * see quart
源自 拉丁语 qu3rtus [第四] *参见 quart