mean value

/min ˌvælju/
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Definitions of mean value
  1. noun
    an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
    synonyms: mean
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    types:
    arithmetic mean, expectation, expected value, first moment
    the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
    geometric mean
    the mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product
    harmonic mean
    the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers
    type of:
    average, norm
    a statistic describing the location of a distribution
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