centilen.
/ˈsɛntʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈsɛnˌtaɪl/ = percentile n.
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quartile1879
decile1882
percentile1885
centile1894
array1897
quintile1910
rank order1915
stratum1920
bin1934
quantile1938
realization1941
fractile1952
1894 F. Galton in Nature 10 May 40/2 More observations being wanted, I submit the following..partly as a good illustration of the method of percentiles, or centiles.
1939 Republic-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 22 Dec. 4/3 The centile for the class median was six points above that of the standard median for the state.
1979 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1560/2 Among our under-5s some 30% had a weight under the third centile for European children.
2011 C. Moran How to be Woman (2012) vi. 109 I am ahead of both the curve, and my age-group weight centile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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