Etymology

From ^o/c, from N^o/c, an abbreviation of ItalianCategory:Translingual terms derived from Italian#%25 numero per cento (“number per hundred”). For the extension to Astraea is derived from the shift-5 key on the keyboard for asteroid (5).

Symbol

% (English symbol name percent sign)Category:Translingual lemmas#%25Category:Translingual symbols#%25Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes#%25Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#%25Category:Pages with entries#%25Category:Pages with 4 entries#%25

1. Indicates a portion from a total of a hundred.

   Synonyms: cU, centiuno

   10% is equal to 10 portions from 100.Category:English terms with collocations#%25

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page x:

     For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.

     Category:English terms with quotations#%25

   • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich

     Decomposition of 4 in the presence of cis-piperylene at room temperature results in the stereocontrolled formation of trans-cycloheptadiene 27 in 90% ee (96% ee at −78 °C).

   • 2024 April 10, Jen Christiensen, “Biden administration sets first national standard to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water”, in CNN‎ (in English):

     The chemicals are found in the blood of nearly 97% of all Americans, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

     Category:Translingual terms with quotations#%25

2. (computingCategory:mul:Computing#%25) Used as a wildcard, usually in SQL, to stand for zero or more characters.

   Synonym: (regular expressions) *

3. (computingCategory:mul:Computing#%25, programmingCategory:mul:Programming#%25) Used as the symbol for the modulus, placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.

   Synonyms: (mathematics) mod, modulus

4. (astrologyCategory:mul:Astrology#%25, rareCategory:Translingual terms with rare senses#%25) The asteroid (5) Astraea.

   Synonyms: 🝸, ⑤, ⯔

5. (InternetCategory:mul:Internet#%25) Used in the percent-encoding of uniform resource identifiers such as URLs.

Further reading

• % on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Back-formation from any%Category:English back-formations#%25 or low%, in which the “%” was a literal indicator of the percentage completion the player would achieve in order to qualify for the given leaderboard category. The suffix was then broadened to form category names in general, where the suffixed term specified some condition about the category, e.g. what score must be obtained, items used, etc., in order to qualify.

Pronunciation

Pronounced the same as percent.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɛnt/Category:English 2-syllable words#%25Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#%25
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛnt/Category:English 2-syllable words#%25Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#%25

• Audio (US):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#%25
• Rhymes: -ɛntCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛnt#%25Category:Rhymes:English/ɛnt/2 syllables#%25

Suffix

%Category:English lemmas#%25Category:English suffixes#%25Category:English entries with incorrect language header#%25Category:Pages with entries#%25Category:Pages with 4 entries#%25

1. (speedrunningCategory:en:Speedrunning#%25) Suffix forming speedrunning categories requiring a given percentage to qualify.

   100% ― 100% of the game must be completedCategory:English terms with collocations#%25

   any% ― any percentage completion is permittedCategory:English terms with collocations#%25

   low% ― the lowest possible completion is requiredCategory:English terms with collocations#%25

2. (speedrunningCategory:en:Speedrunning#%25) Suffix forming speedrunning categories related to the suffixed element, or subject to constraints based on it.

   P% ― requiring a “P” rank in order to qualifyCategory:English terms with collocations#%25

   Gears% ― gear items are allowed as part of the run (whereas in the main category runs they would not be)Category:English terms with collocations#%25

Etymology 1

The pronunciation is from EnglishCategory:Chinese terms borrowed from English#%25Category:Chinese terms derived from English#%25 percentCategory:English links with redundant target parameters#%25

Etymology 2