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average
has definitions from the fields of mathematics,statistics
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[ adjective ] (statistics) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
Synonyms Examples "the average income in New England is below that of the nation" "of average height for his age" "the mean annual rainfall" Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)The quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar_radiation would increase the average disk brightness temperature by less than 1 ` K . At meter wave_lengths and increase of the order of 10 ` K in the average disk temperatures of the nearer planets would be expected . The ratio of the measured antenna temperature_change during a drift scan across the moon to the average brightness temperature of the moon over the antenna beam ( assuming that the brightness temperature of the sky is negligible ) was found , by graphical integration of the antenna directivity diagram , to be 0.85 . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The graphite was National_Carbon_NC 60 , which has a porosity of 50 % and an average pore size of 30 This small pore size was required to ensure uniformity of the flow leaving the anode . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Preliminary data from 1959_Eta give an average impact rate of * * f for masses larger than * * f for about 1000 events in a 22 - day period ( LaGow and Alexander , 1960 ) . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
Synonyms Examples "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" Used in print (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)( 2 ) In the critical micelle region , there is a rapid agglomeration or polymerization to give the micelles , which have a degree of polymerization averaging around 60 - 80 . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)A brood of twenty-eight born at Brookfield_Zoo , near Chicago , ranged in_length from 22 to 33 - 1 2 inches and averaged 29 inches . Raymond_L_._Ditmars had two broods that averaged 27 inches . A Colombian female 's brood of sixteen boa_constrictors born in the Staten_Island_Zoo averaged 20 inches . (Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)The BOD in the effluent averaged 58 mg / l , a 76 - per_cent reduction over the 24 - hr period . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics,statistics) a statistic describing the location of a distribution
Synonyms Examples : "it set the norm for American homes" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The Hawaiian_Islands are struck severely an average of once every 25 years . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)They look_after their fields and children and water_buffaloes in ten or eleven thousand villages , with an average of 200 souls . (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)He again stated that he was `` a regular minister '' ; that he was `` devoting an average of 100 hours a month to actual preaching publicly '' , in_addition to 50 to 75 hours in other ministerial duties , and that he opposed war in any form . (Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)While high anxiety children achieve significantly less well ( * * f ) in the unstructured school than do low anxiety children , they appear to do at_least as well as the average in the structured classroom . |
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[ adjective ] lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
Synonyms Examples "average people" "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Aside from this , the average portion contains some protein , an appreciable amount of vitamins and C - about one-tenth of the minimum daily requirement , and about a third of the official vitamin_E requirement . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)After_all , the average American as he lies and waits for the enemy in Korea or as she scans the newspaper in some vain hope of personal contact with the front is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal , economic and governmental actions far beyond the normal citizen 's comprehension and control . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of no exceptional quality or ability
Examples "a novel of average merit" "only a fair performance of the sonata" "in fair health" "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average" "the performance was middling at best" Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)They tried to outface him , but Joseph_Simmons was as wide as two average men , and it would have taken braver men than these were to outface him . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures
Synonyms Examples "an orange of average size" "intermediate capacity" "a plane with intermediate range" "medium bombers" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Expecting something more-than average wacky , I was surprised by what we found . Related terms |
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[ verb ] achieve or reach on average
Examples "He averaged a C" Used in print ("Reviews"...)With tips , the girls average between $ 150 and $ 200 a week , depending_on basic salary . (Rhode Island Legislative Council. Research Report...)In 1959 - 60 , vehicles averaged an operating_cost of .027 per mile . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) compute the average of
Synonyms Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)When now we count the frequency of the 71 items in the two language families appearing in the same column or grade , or one column or grade apart , or two or three or four , we find these differences : * * f This distribution can be summarized by averaging the distance in grades apart : * * f ; which , divided by * * f gives a mean of 1.07 grades apart . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (statistics) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
Synonyms Examples "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (statistics) 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)
Synonyms Examples "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20" "the median income for the year was $15,000" Related terms |
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