Coined byFrancis Galton in 1885, frompercent +-ile.
percentile (pluralpercentiles)
- (statistics) Any of the ninety-ninepoints that divide anordereddistribution into one hundred parts, each containing oneper cent of thepopulation.
- (statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided.
She is highly intelligent—she has an IQ in the toppercentile.
When comparing performance, a higher percentile is better; to be in the "90th percentile" is to have performed better than 90% of the rest of the group.
- (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),millile (1000)
any of the ninety-nine points
any one of the hundred groups so divided
Frompercento +-ile.
- IPA(key): /per.t͡ʃenˈti.le/
- Rhymes:-ile
- Hyphenation:per‧cen‧tì‧le
percentile m (pluralpercentili)
- (statistics)percentile
