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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>
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Subject: Re: The right term: perunitage?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:41:56 +0100
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Marius Amado Alves wrote:
> Sorry for the possible OT-ness.
> 
> What is the standard mathematical/engineering term, if any, for a rate 
> expressed as a real number between 0 and 1?
> 
> "Uniformly_Distributed" sounds too domain-bound. And it's horribly long.
> 
> "Percentage" made me think of "perunitage" but this does not exist, right?

In spanish we have "tanto por ciento" (percentage) and "tanto por uno" 
which is exactly the term you say... I know this doesn't help you alas...