centile

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A form of percentile — Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

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Meanings

nouncentile (plural centiles)

plural centiles

  1. abbreviationclippingClipping of percentile.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(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

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percentile
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percentile

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From centi- + -ile.

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APA

centile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centile

MLA

“centile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centile.

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