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percentiles

percentiles is the plural of percentile.

Meaning of percentile

Noun

percentile (plural percentiles)

  1. Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
  2. Any one of the hundred groups so divided.
    • She is highly intelligent—she has an IQ in the top percentile.

Questions about percentiles

What is percentiles the plural of?
Percentiles is the plural of percentile.

Words near percentiles in the dictionary

  1. percentilation
  2. percentile
  3. percentile dice
  4. percentiler
  5. percentilers
  6. percentiles
  7. percentromeric
  8. percents
  9. percentual
  10. percentually
  11. percentwise

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