Definition of Percentages

1. Noun. (plural of percentage) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Percentages

1. percentage [n] - See also: percentage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Percentages

perceived temperature
perceivedness
perceiver
perceivers
perceives
perceiveth
perceiving
percely
percen
percent
percent sign
percentage
percentage point
percentage rate
percentage sign
percentages (current term)
percental
percenter
percenters
percentile
percentile dice
percentiles
percents
percentual
percept
percept analysis
perceptibility
perceptible
perceptibleness
perceptibly

Literary usage of Percentages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The hydrometer scale is arbitrary, and indications are interpreted into percentages by volume of Tralles' alcohol at the standard tempe»ature of 16-6°. ..."

2. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company (1913)
"In each case the sum of the percentages of CO2 and O is the same, 20.9. ... For this reason coals containing high percentages of volatile matter will ..."

3. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1906)
"What arc " Adequate " percentages of Potash, Lime, Phosphoric Acid and Nitrogen?1—It is evident that a very critical discussion of cultural experience can ..."

4. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure (1910)
"In this diagram are plotted the maximum impact percentages for all of the structures tested, determined by a comparison of the deflection and stresses in ..."

5. Adult Literacy in America edited by Irwin S. Kisch (1994)
"Some perspective on this question can be gained, however, by looking at the percentages of people within certain occupational categories who demonstrated ..."

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