pct
noun
Simple meaning
A proportion about a whole.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpisiˈti
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Definition
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noun
A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).
patent law
Initialism of Patent Cooperation Treaty.
A model of behavior, in numerous disparate fields, based on the properties of negative feedback control loops that maintain a sensed variable at or near a reference value by means of the effects of their outputs upon that variable, as mediated by physical properties of the environment.
Pakistan
Abbreviation of Pakistan Cricket Team.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
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Synonyms
Sense: proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
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