Percentile

Full definition of percentile

Noun

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

Derived terms

• percentile rank

Coordinate terms

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

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