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percentile definition

per·cen·tile (pər sen′tīl′, -sent′'l)

noun

  1. any of the values in a series dividing the distribution of the individuals in the series into one hundred groups of equal frequency
  2. any of these groups

Etymology: percent + -ile

adjective

of a percentile or division into percentiles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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