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Character	%
Unicode name	PERCENT SIGN
Codepoint	U+0025
$ ← Basic Latin → &

Translingual

Etymology

From ^o/c, from N^o/c, an abbreviation of Italian numero per cento "number per hundred".

Symbol

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1. The percent; portion of a total of 100.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page x

     For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.

   • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich

     Decomposition of 4 in the presence of cis-piperylene at room temperature results in the stereocontrolled formation of trans-cycloheptadiene 27 in 90% ee (96% ee at -78 °C).

Synonyms

• (parts per hundred): cU , centiuno

Derived terms

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