As nouns the difference between quartile and quartine
is that quartile is (statistics) any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population while quartine is (botany|archaic) a supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
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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quartine
Noun
(botany, archaic) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.
Coordinate terms
* tercine
* quintine
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