mean
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- adjective
- /miːn/
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medio
- For each assigned subgroup, Table 3 shows the mean probability of latent subgroup membership.
- mean score
- mean age
- mean difference
Examples
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At the time of the initial survey, the mean age of the sample was 46 years.
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Across all students, the estimated mean mathematics scale score in third grade was 251.08.
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The market will always go back to the mean and will continue on.
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At the end of the 8 weeks, the group's mean body weight loss was about 4%.
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The mean family size was 3.3 members, with a mean yearly gross income of $16,844.
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Participant test scores were calculated, and mean scores were generated for each individual error.
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Descriptive statistics results indicated that the mean percentage score for the test was 57.6%.
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The descriptive analysis results reported that the mean scores ranged from 46% to 66%.
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Interrater reliability was assessed in this study. The mean interrater agreement across categories was 95.12%.
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In the statistics class, we learned that the mean of the test scores was 75 out of 100.
Synonyms
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1.0
Ordinary and not very good
Idioms
Compounds
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A set of JavaScript tools for building web applications using MongoDB, Express, Angular and Node.js
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The average of numbers found by adding them and dividing by how many there are
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A number you get when you add numbers and divide by how many numbers there are
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Average of the farthest and nearest distances of a planet or satellite from the body it orbits
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An average of positive numbers found by multiplying them and taking the root for the number of items
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An average for rates found by dividing the number of values by the sum of 1 divided by each value
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Average time for Earth to turn once so the Sun appears in the same place, about 24 hours
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Time kept by an imaginary sun moving at a steady speed used for standard clocks
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The average distance of each number from the group's average
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An imaginary sun that moves at a steady speed across the sky to measure time
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Time kept by an imaginary sun that moves evenly across the sky to set clocks
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A special ratio where the small part to the big part equals the big part to the whole
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A very high or very low result usually comes before a result closer to the average
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An average that gives some numbers more importance using assigned values
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An average where some numbers count more than others, for example when scores have different importance
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A type of average where you replace the highest and lowest values with closer values before finding the average
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mean as an adjective meaning 'typical' or 'average' comes from the same idea of 'middle' or median. That's why we use the 'mean' value to talk about a usual or typical amount.