percentile
pronunciation
How to pronounce percentile in British English:
UK [pəˈsentaɪl]
How to pronounce percentile in American English:
US [pərˈsentaɪl]
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- Noun:
- (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
Word Origin
- percentile (n.)
- 1885, coined by English scientist Francis Galton (1822-1911) from percent + -ile.
Example
- 1. We hit a 730 median gmat this year , the 96th percentile .
- 2. Accordingly , the nano is optimised for the 95th percentile of american men .
- 3. If you have sex , is he gonna tell you what percentile you 're at ?
- 4. The rates in american indian boys peaked in 2007 , but declined only in the above 95th percentile group .
- 5. Forty years after graduation , those who were in the 80th percentile of the popularity chain earned 10 % more than their peers in the 20th .