Answers.Body: <p>Based on this <a href="http://www.ev3dev.org/docs/sensors/lego-ev3-infrared-sensor/" rel="nofollow">API reference</a> and <a href="http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?21194-EV3-color-sensor" rel="nofollow">this discussion of the color sensor</a> it looks like "pct" is short for <strong>percent</strong> as in a ratio with 100.</p>
  
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    <p>EV3 hardware developer kit provides a bit more info on what 100% means: </p>
    
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      <p>The output from the sensor within light sensor mode is a value between 0 – 100 where 0 equals no reflected light measured and 100 equals full light reflection.</p>
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Body: <p>My son is using his EV3 with a color sensor. He is using the sensor to test the reflectivity of different materials. Can you please tell me what the letters "PCT" stand for?</p>
  
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Title: LEGO Color Sensor - EV3
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ThreadText: # LEGO Color Sensor - EV3
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-06)
  
  My son is using his EV3 with a color sensor. He is using the sensor to test the reflectivity of different materials. Can you please tell me what the letters "PCT" stand for?
  
  **Tags:** ev3, sensor-colour
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-06. Score: 4
  
  Based on this [API reference](http://www.ev3dev.org/docs/sensors/lego-ev3-infrared-sensor/) and [this discussion of the color sensor](http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?21194-EV3-color-sensor) it looks like "pct" is short for **percent** as in a ratio with 100.
  
  username_2 added in a comment:
  
  > EV3 hardware developer kit provides a bit more info on what 100% means:
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  > > The output from the sensor within light sensor mode is a value between 0 – 100 where 0 equals no reflected light measured and 100 equals full light reflection.
  
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  > **username_2**: The EV3 hardware developer kit provides a bit more info on what 100% means: "The output from the sensor within light sensor mode is a value between 0 – 100 where 0 equals no reflected light measured and 100 equals full light reflection."  
  
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