percent
dimensionless unit equivalent to 0.01
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Summary
percent is a parts-per notation[1]. percent draws 5,936 Wikipedia views per month (parts per notation category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: dimensionless unit[3], UCUM derived unit[4]
- Measured physical quantity: dimensionless quantity[5], ratio of two quantities of the same kind[6]
- Followed by: per mille[7]
- Commons category: Percentages[8]
- Notation: %[9]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[14]
- Different from: hundredth[15]
- Conversion to SI unit: 0.01[16]
- Conversion to standard unit: 10[17], 100[18], 1000[19], 10,000[20], 10,000,000[21], 10,000,000,000[22], 10,000,000,000,000[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
- Unit symbol: %[25]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[26]
- Subdivision of this unit: per mille[27]
- P14864: prosentti[28]
Why It Matters
percent has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] percent is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]