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CENTILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does centile mean?
• CENTILE (noun)
The noun CENTILE has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: CENTILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
centile; percentile
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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