» percentile

Noun (1 meaning)

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.

percentile, centile

percentile is a type of:
  • mark, grade, score (noun) - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
  • statistics (noun) - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters