percentaladj.

Brit.

/pəˈsɛntl/, U.S.

/pərˈsɛn(t)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: per cent adv., -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < per cent adv. + -al suffix¹.

rare.

Reckoned by the hundred; calculated as a percentage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adjective] > proportional > of percentage

centesimal1792

percentaged1884

percental1894

percentual1895

1894 Proc. Royal Soc. 55 18 There are three variables in the statistics of natality. The age of the father is one, that of the mother is another, and the percental offspring of parents of those ages is the third.

1927 E. B. Reuter Amer. Race Probl. x. 229 In the decade the percentage of women employed declined from 54.7 per cent to 38.9 per cent and there was an actual as well as a percental decline.

2001 Fleischwirtschaft (Nexis) 13 Aug. 104 (caption) Percental changes of nitrosamine concentrations in beef depending on experimental variants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	percental
释义	percentaladj. Brit. /pəˈsɛntl/, U.S. /pərˈsɛn(t)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: per cent adv., -al suffix¹. Etymology: < per cent adv. + -al suffix¹. rare. Reckoned by the hundred; calculated as a percentage. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adjective] > proportional > of percentage centesimal1792 percentaged1884 percental1894 percentual1895 1894 Proc. Royal Soc. 55 18 There are three variables in the statistics of natality. The age of the father is one, that of the mother is another, and the percental offspring of parents of those ages is the third. 1927 E. B. Reuter Amer. Race Probl. x. 229 In the decade the percentage of women employed declined from 54.7 per cent to 38.9 per cent and there was an actual as well as a percental decline. 2001 Fleischwirtschaft (Nexis) 13 Aug. 104 (caption) Percental changes of nitrosamine concentrations in beef depending on experimental variants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1894
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