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Definition of: percentile
(pər·sen′tīl, -til) noun Stat.
Any of 100 points measured within the range of a plotted variable, each of which denotes that percentage of the total cases lying below it in value: thus, l, 2, 3, etc., percent of the cases are in the first, second, third, etc., percentile. Also called centile.
—adjective
1. Of or pertaining to a percentile.
2. Having to do with percentage.
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