percentile
nounHow many syllables in percentile?
There are 3 syllables in the word percentile.How to pronounce percentile:
Definition of percentile:
- percentile (noun):
- a value on a scale of 100 that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it
- (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 for percentile:
centile
mark
score
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