Percentile

noun

Word Frequency: 1.4

Definitions

1.nounAny of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

2.nounAny one of the hundred groups so divided.

"He is highly intelligent – he has an IQ in the top percentile."

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