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percentile

per·cen·tile

UK/pəɹˈsɛn.taɪl/ US/pɚˈsɛn.taɪl/ rare

noun

1.

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total

Synonyms

Origin

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

Phrases

  • percentile dice
  • percentile rank

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