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Definition of Percentages
1. percentage [n] - See also: percentage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Percentages
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 ..."