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percentile

/pɚˈsɛn.taɪl/ noun C1
  1. Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
  2. Any one of the hundred groups so divided. · She is highly intelligent—she has an IQ in the top percentile.

Plural percentiles

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