Definition:Per Cent/Linguistic Note
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Linguistic Note on Per Cent
Per cent literally means per hundred, or in every hundred.
It derives from the Latin centum, meaning $100$.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): per cent
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): per cent (%)
- 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): per cent (%)