Percent vs Sturt - What's the difference?
percent | sturt |
A part or other object per hundred
percentage.
Expressed in percents; usually together with a number.
(biology) In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) disturbance; annoyance; care
(mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.
As nouns the difference between percent and sturt
is that percent is a part or other object per hundred while sturt is in an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.As an adjective percent
is expressed in percents; usually together with a number.As a verb sturt is
to vex; to annoy; to startle.percent
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Alternative forms
* per cent (mostly UK) * (archaic)Noun
(en-noun)- A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.
Usage notes
* A percentage is often denoted by the character . *: 50% denotes ''50 percent . * The difference of two percentages is measured by percentage point, not by percent.Derived terms
* percentage * percentwiseAdjective
(-)- ''I got a ten percent raise!
- ''The whisky usually contains over fifty percent alcohol by volume in the maturing casks, while the commercial brands are diluted to 40 to 45 percent.
See also
* per mille, permille, * per myriad, * ppm, ppb, ppt, ppq (typography marks) ----sturt
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Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)See also
*centimorgan *morgan (named for Sturtevant's teacher)Etymology 2
Compare start.Noun
(en noun)- (Raymond)