Look up: average

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   Average
   An arithmetic mean of selected stocks intended to represent the behavior of the market or some component of it. One good example is the widely quoted Dow Jones Industrial Average, which adds the current prices of the 30 DJIA's stocks, and divides the results by a predetermined number, the divisor.
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   average
   [adj] - of no exceptional quality or ability 2. [adj] - (statistics) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value 3. [adj] - around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures 4. [adj] - lacking special distinction, rank, or status 5. [n] - a statistic describing the location of a distribution 6. [v] - amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain 7. [v] - achieve or reach on average 8. [v] - compute the average of
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   Average
   A generic term which can refer to one several types of average....more on Average
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   Average
   A statistic calculated by summing a set of data values and dividing by the number of values. Used to measure the centre of a sample of variable data.It can also denote the median, the mode, the geometric mean, and weighted means, among other things. See also: Arithmetic Mean, Moving Average.
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   average
   The number obtained by dividing the sum of a set of numbers by the number of addends; see also mean.
   Example:
   8.3 7.9 8.3 8.0
   (8.3 + 7.9 + 8.3 + 8.0) ÷ 4 = 32.5 ÷ 4 = 8.125
   The average is 8.125.
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   average
   damage to ship and/or cargo; In marine terminology, means damage to, or loss of, a ship or her cargo (particular average) Category: Commerce - movement of goods
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   Average
   Definition (keystage 2) A single item that represents a group. For example one student might be chosen as an average student to represent their grade. In mathematics the average is a number that represents a set of data. <br /> The mean or arithmetic mean, the median, and the mode are the most commonly used averages.
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   Average
   Definition (keystage 4) Arithmetic mean or Mean or Average is perhaps the best known measure of central tendency (of the location) for interval and ratio scale variables. <br /> Arithmetic mean is calculated by summing a set of data values and dividing by the number of values. <br /> x ¯ = 1 n ∑ x i . <br /> <br / ...
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   Average
   Av'er·age noun [ Old French average , Late Latin averagium , probably from Old French aver , French avoir , property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop. infin., to have, from Latin habere to have. Confer French avérage small cattle, and avarie (perh. of different origin) damage to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was perhaps the service of cartin ...
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    Average
    Av'er·age adjective 1. 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. 2. According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contr ...
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    Average
    Av'er·age transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Averaged ; present participle & verbal noun Averaging .] 1. To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean. 2. To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss. 3. To do, accomplish, g ...
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    Average
    Av'er·age intransitive verb 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.
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    average
    <statistics> A value that represents the sum of values divided by the number of values in the set. It represents or summarises the relevant features of a set of values. ... Origin: M.E. Averays, loss from damage to ship or cargo, fr. It. Avaris, fr. Ar. 'awariya, damaged goods, + damage ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    average
    fair adjective lacking exceptional quality or ability; `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`
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    average
    intermediate adjective around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; `an orange of average size`; `intermediate capacity`; `a plane with intermediate range`; `medium bombers`
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    average
    adjective lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; `average people`; `the ordinary (or common) man in the street`
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    average
    norm noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution; `it set the norm for American homes`
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    average
    average out verb compute the average of
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    average
    average out verb amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; `The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40`
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    average
    verb achieve or reach on average; `He averaged a C`
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    average
    adjective approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; `the average income in New England is below that of the nation`; `of average height for his age`; `the mean annual rainfall`
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    Average
    An arithmetic mean return of selected stocks intended to represent the behavior of the market or some component of it. One good example is the widely quoted Dow Jones Industrial Average, which adds the current prices of the 30 DJIA stocks, and divides the results by a predetermined number, the divisor.
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    Average
    In mathematics, an `average`, or `central tendency` of a data set refers to a measure of the `middle` or `expected` value of the data set. There are many different descriptive statistics that can be chosen as a measurement of the central tendency of the data items. The most common method is the arithmetic mean, but there are many other types of averages. Colloquially, people often use the term `average` to refer to an intuitive `central tendency...
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    Average
    • (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or exp...
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    average
    (from the article `probability theory`) ...is the standard deviation of 1 divided by . This quantifies the intuitive notion that the average of repeated observations is less variable than ...
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