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Cubic vs Quartile - What's the difference?

cubic | quartile |

As nouns the difference between cubic and quartile

is that cubic is a cubic curve while quartile is any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

As an adjective cubic

is used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

cubic

English

Alternative forms

* cubick (obsolete)

Adjective

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  • (geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
    • cubic metre, cubic foot
  • (algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form a.x^3 + b.x^2 + c.x + d
  • (crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
    • cubic cleavage

    Synonyms

    * (crystallography) isometric, monometric

    Derived terms

    * cubic capacity * cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre * cubic curve * cubic equation * cubic foot * cubic inch * cubic meter, cubic metre * cubic mile * cubic yard

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.

    • Synonyms

    * cubic curve

    See also

    * cube * linear * quadratic * quartic * quintic * square

    quartile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
  • (statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.
  • :This school is ranked in the first quartile .

    • Derived terms

    * interquartile range

    Coordinate terms

    * quantile ** centile/percentile ** vigintile ** ventile ** duodecile ** decile ** nonile ** octile ** septile ** sextile ** quintile ** quartile ** tercile/tertile

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