percentile

Coined by Francis Galton in 1885, from percent +‎ -ile.

• enPR: pər-sĕnʹ-tīl, IPA^(key): /pəɹ.ˈsɛn.taɪl/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /pɚ.ˈsɛn.taɪl/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /pə.ˈsɛn.taɪl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntaɪl

percentile (plural percentiles)

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.

• %ile

• centile

• quantile

• (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), septile (7), octile (8), decile (10), hexadecile (16), ventile/vigintile (20), centile/percentile (100)

• percentile dice
• percentile rank

• pencil tree

From percento +‎ -ile.

• IPA^(key): /per.t͡ʃenˈti.le/
• Rhymes: -ile
• Hyphenation: per‧cen‧tì‧le

percentile m (plural percentili)

1. (statistics) percentile