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percentile

[ UK /pəsˈɛnta‍ɪl/ ]
[ US /pɝˈsɛnˌtaɪɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (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

How To Use percentile In A Sentence

  • Percentile ranks were used to compare performance among institutions.
  • Infant factors available for analysis were presentation, multiple birth, gestational age, birth weight, birthweight percentile, and Apgar score at five minutes.
  • I emphasize, once again, that each time we combine materials and parts into semi-finished or finished products, we are decreasing the percentile of the total cost of that product incurred as a cost of transportation.
  • Polls consistantly put Britain up in the high 80's percentile comparedto the U. S which is about half that and near countries like Malaysia, etc. Australian Writes About Boycott of U.S. Products There
  • While I was there I more than doubled some of the stamina records and scored in the top percentile of graduates in nearly every single academic exam.
  • I recall his predecessor blew a Trillion on tax breaks for the top three percentiles while another few Trillion went on astrategic warfare and pointless Pentagon pork. Army Rumour Service
  • Seven children who were above the third percentile had recently lost weight or were failing to thrive.
  • And equally, some other aspects will, subject to a realistic judgment, find their home in a grottier percentile. Times, Sunday Times
  • So your submission was directed at the specificity of a percentile discount rather than the entitlement of some allowance in the reduction of the punitive sentence?
  • I mean upper 1 percent, or what's called the hundredth percentile on intelligence tests. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
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