Percentile
[pər-SEN-tiyl]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: English, 19th century
1.
Each of the 100 equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of a particular variable.
2.
Each of the 99 intermediate values of a random variable that divide a frequency distribution into 100 groups.
Examples of Percentile in a sentence
"Melvin was above the 95th percentile for height as a baby, and he remained taller than his classmates all the way to graduation."
"She ranked between the 90th and 94th percentiles on the SAT, meaning she scored better than between 90% and 94% of other students."
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