Average vs. Mean

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Averagenoun

(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.

Averagenoun

(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

Averagenoun

Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

Averagenoun

Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.

Averagenoun

Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.

Averagenoun

(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.

Averagenoun

In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

Averagenoun

The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.

Averageadjective

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.

Averageadjective

Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.

Averageadjective

Typical.

Averageadjective

(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.

Averageverb

(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.

Averageverb

(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.

Averageverb

(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.

Averageverb

(intransitive) To be, generally or on average.

Averagenoun

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

Averagenoun

A tariff or duty on goods, etc.

Averagenoun

A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.

Averagenoun

Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.

Averagenoun

In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.

Averageadjective

Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp.

Averageadjective

According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution.

Averageverb

To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.

Averageverb

To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss.

Averageverb

To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.

Averageverb

To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length.

Averagenoun

a statistic describing the location of a distribution;

Averageverb

amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain;

Averageverb

achieve or reach on average;

Averageverb

compute the average of

Averageadjective

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;

Averageadjective

lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered;

Averageadjective

of no exceptional quality or ability;

Averageadjective

around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;

Averageadjective

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution;

Averageadjective

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set);

Averagenoun

a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number

Averagenoun

an amount, standard, level, or rate regarded as usual or ordinary

Averagenoun

the apportionment of financial liability resulting from loss of or damage to a ship or its cargo.

Averagenoun

reduction in the amount payable under an insurance policy, e.g. in respect of partial loss.

Averageadjective

constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts

Averageadjective

of the usual or ordinary amount, standard, level, or rate

Averageadjective

having qualities that are seen as typical of a particular person, group, or thing

Averageadjective

mediocre; not very good

Averageverb

amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time; mean

Averageverb

calculate or estimate the average of

Averageverb

result in an even distribution; even out

Averageverb

result in an average figure of

Average

In colloquial language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a non-empty list of numbers. Different concepts of average are used in different contexts.

Meanverb

To intend.

Meanverb

(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.

Meanverb

(intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind.

Meanverb

To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.

Meanverb

To convey meaning.

Meanverb

(transitive) To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).

Meanverb

(transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.

Meanverb

(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).

Meanverb

(transitive) To result in; to bring about.

Meanverb

(transitive) To be important (to).

Meanverb

To lament.

Meanadjective

(obsolete) Common; general.

Meanadjective

Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.

Meanadjective

Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.

Meanadjective

Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.

Meanadjective

Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

Meanadjective

Ungenerous; stingy, tightfisted; North American English: cheap; formal: niggardly, penurious, miserly.

Meanadjective

Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.

Meanadjective

Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.

Meanadjective

Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.

Meanadjective

Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.

Meanadjective

Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.

Meanadjective

Difficult, tricky.

Meanadjective

Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.

Meanadjective

(obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

Meannoun

A method or course of action used to achieve some result.

Meannoun

An intermediate step or intermediate steps.

Meannoun

Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.

Meannoun

The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.

Meannoun

(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.

Meannoun

(mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.

Meannoun

(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.

Meanverb

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do?

Meanverb

To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.

Meanverb

To have a purpose or intention.

Meanadjective

Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.

Meanadjective

Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.

Meanadjective

Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

Meanadjective

Of poor quality; as, mean fare.

Meanadjective

Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.

Meanadjective

Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.

Meanadjective

Intermediate in excellence of any kind.

Meanadjective

Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.

Meannoun

That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.

Meannoun

A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the nth root of the product of the n quantities being averaged.

Meannoun

That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.

Meannoun

Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.

Meannoun

A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.

Meannoun

Meantime; meanwhile.

Meannoun

A mediator; a go-between.

Meannoun

an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Meanverb

mean or intend to express or convey;

Meanverb

have as a logical consequence;

Meanverb

denote or connote;

Meanverb

have in mind as a purpose;

Meanverb

have a specified degree of importance;

Meanverb

intend to refer to;

Meanverb

destine or designate for a certain purpose;

Meanadjective

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value;

Meanadjective

characterized by malice;

Meanadjective

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;

Meanadjective

excellent;

Meanadjective

marked by poverty befitting a beggar;

Meanadjective

used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;

Meanadjective

used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt

Meanverb

intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify

Meanverb

(of a word) have (something) as its signification in the same language or its equivalent in another language

Meanverb

genuinely intend to express (something)

Meanverb

be of a specified degree of importance to (someone)

Meanverb

intend (something) to occur or be the case

Meanverb

be supposed to do something

Meanverb

design or destine for a particular purpose

Meanverb

have something as a motive or explanation in saying or doing

Meanverb

be generally considered to be

Meanverb

have as a consequence or result

Meanverb

necessarily or usually entail or involve

Meanadjective

unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous

Meanadjective

unkind, spiteful, or unfair

Meanadjective

vicious or aggressive in behaviour

Meanadjective

(especially of a place) poor in quality and appearance; shabby

Meanadjective

(of a person's mental capacity or understanding) inferior

Meanadjective

of low birth or social class

Meanadjective

very skilful or effective; excellent

Meanadjective

(of a quantity) calculated as a mean; average

Meanadjective

equally far from two extremes

Meannoun

the value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average

Meannoun

a condition, quality, or course of action equally removed from two opposite extremes

Mean

There are several kinds of mean in mathematics, especially in statistics: For a data set, the arithmetic mean, also known as average or arithmetic average, is a central value of a finite set of numbers: specifically, the sum of the values divided by the number of values. The arithmetic mean of a set of numbers x1, x2, ..., xn is typically denoted by x ¯ {\displaystyle {\bar {x}}} .

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