95th

Definitions

Abbreviation of ninety-fifth.

abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable

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Examples

“Also, doctors are much more interested in the relationship between the percentiles for weight and length than they are the numbers themselves. Healthy babies tend⟳ to land⟳ in somewhat similar percentiles for both metrics and are probably getting enough nutrition. This goes for those babies who don’t chart at all. Because it is impossible for researchers to determine⟳ what is the largest and smallest possible weight and length for babies, designers begin⟳ the charts at the fifth percentile and end⟳ them at the 95th percentile. This means 10% of babies are, like⟳ my son, unchartable.”

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