Look up: average


  1. 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.
    Found op http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosa.htm

  2. 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 st...
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  3. Average
    A generic term which can refer to one several types of average....more on Average
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  4. 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.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/a/v/average/source.html

  5. 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.

    Found op http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index6.html

  6. 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
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/152

  7. 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 E...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/152

  8. 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 red...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/152

  9. 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/152

  10. 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 ... (0...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?average

  11. 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 aver...
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  12. 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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  1. average
    adjective lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; `average people`; `the ordinary (or common) man in the street`
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  2. average
    norm noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution; `it set the norm for American homes`
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  3. average
    average out verb compute the average of
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  4. 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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  5. average
    verb achieve or reach on average; `He averaged a C`
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  6. 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`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=average

  7. 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 divis...
    Found op http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/bfglosa.htm

  8. 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 equit...
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  9. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/130

  10. average
    in maritime law, loss or damage, less than total, to maritime property (a ship or its cargo), caused by the perils of the sea. An average may be ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/130

  11. average
    Type: Term Pronunciation: av′ĕr-ij Definitions: 1. A value that represents or summarizes the relevant features of a set of values; it is usually computed by a mathematical manipulation of the individual values in a set to equalize them and determine a mean.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=8873

  12. Average
    In mathematics, an average, or measure of central tendency, of a data set is a measure of the "middle" value of the data set. In the most common case, the data set is a list of numbers. The average of a list of numbers is a single number intended to typify the numbers in the list. If all the number...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average

  13. average
    A statistical measure of central tendency. Sum of observation values divided by the number of observations. It is the first moment of a distribution. There are two types of means. A mean calculated across a sample from a population is referred to a X, while means calculated across the entire populat...
    Found op http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.jsp?EINTRAG_ID=6825

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