CENTILE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Synonyms:

centile; percentile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("centile" is a kind of...):

grade; mark; score (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance))

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

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