percentile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
Any one of the hundred groups so divided.

pər-sĕnʹ-tīl /pəɹˈsɛn.taɪl/ /pɚˈsɛn.taɪl/ /pəˈsɛn.taɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-percentile.wav

percentile percentiles

Coined by Francis Galton in 1885, from percent + -ile.

%ile centile

equipercentile interpercentile percentile dice percentiler percentile rank

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