Associations to the word «Percentile»

Wiktionary

PERCENTILE, noun. (statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
PERCENTILE, noun. (statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided.
PERCENTILE DICE, noun. A pair of ten-sided dice which are rolled to determine a numeral result as a percentage of 100, usually for a roleplaying game.

Dictionary definition

PERCENTILE, 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.

Wise words

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