# percent (ratio)

a ratio of a part to a hundred

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: percent  ·  Arena: percent

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [ratio](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ratio.proportion), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [hundred](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hundred.quantity)

**Through:** the part to a hundred forms a ratio

**Novel properties:**
- per hundred scale
- standardized fraction

## Examples
- In 2023, 68 of every 100 adults in Japan used smartphones daily, per Statista. *(society)*
- The battery meter on a Tesla Model 3 shows remaining charge as a percent of full capacity. *(engineering)*
- During the 2008 financial crisis, Lehman Brothers' assets included mortgage-backed securities worth 12% of total market value. *(economics)*

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