percentile

English

Wikipedia

Noun

percentile (plural percentiles)

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

   He is highly intelligent – he has an IQ in the top percentile.

Abbreviations

• %ile

Translations

any of the ninety-nine points

• Czech: procentil m
• Estonian: protsentiil
• Finnish: persentiili

• German: Perzentil n
• Italian: percentile m
• Swedish: percentil c

any one of the hundred groups so divided

• Czech: procentil m
• Estonian: protsentiil
• Finnish: persentiili

• Italian: percentile m
• Swedish: percentil

Derived terms

• percentile rank

Coordinate terms

• quantile
  • centile/percentile
  • vigintile
  • duodecile
  • decile
  • nonile
  • octile
  • septile
  • sextile
  • quintile
  • quartile
  • tercile/tertile

Anagrams

• pencil tree

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Italian

Noun

percentile m (plural percentili)

1. (statistics) percentile