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Noun: quantile  kwón-tI(u)l
  1. (statistics) points on a probability distribution function separated by the same fraction of the probability; there is an integrated probability of 1/n between two adjacent n-quantiles
    "The researcher used quantiles to divide the data into four equal parts"

Derived forms: quantiles

Encyclopedia: Quantile