percentilenoun [ C ]
uk/pəˈsen.taɪl/us/pɚˈsen.taɪl/specializedone of the points into which a large range of numbers, results, etc. is divided to make 100 groups of the same size:
That score puts you in the 97th percentile.
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Numerical relationships
- differential
- disproportionate
- function
- geometric(al) progression
- independent variable
- index
- inverse function
- inverse proportion
- iteration
- pc
- percentage
- pro rata
- proportion
- proportional
- prorate
- ratio
- recursion
- set
- trinomial
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