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Numeric quantity representing the center of a collection of numbers
group, the arithmetic mean is termed the sample mean ( x ¯ {\displaystyle {\bar {x}}} ) to distinguish it from the group mean (or expected value) of
Mean
2019 single by Lauv and LANY
"Mean It" is a song by American singer Lauv and American indie pop band LANY. It was released on November 14, 2019, as the seventh single from Lauv's
Mean_It
2004 film directed by Mark Waters
Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film produced by Lorne Michaels and directed by Mark Waters from a screenplay by Tina Fey. The film stars Lindsay
Mean_Girls
Theorem in mathematics
In calculus and real analysis, the mean value theorem (or Lagrange's mean value theorem) is a theorem about differentiable functions, roughly stating that
Mean_value_theorem
Generalization of centroids to metric spaces
Fréchet mean is a generalization of centroids to metric spaces, giving a single representative point or central tendency for a cluster of points. It is named
Fréchet_mean
Alias for the UTC+00:00 time zone
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has
Greenwich_Mean_Time
2026 studio album by Gogol Bordello
We Mean It, Man! is the ninth studio album by Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, released on February 13, 2026, via Casa Gogol Records, the label run by
We_Mean_It,_Man!
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up golden mean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Golden mean may refer to: Golden mean (philosophy), the felicitous middle between the extremes
Golden_mean
Square root of the mean square
In mathematics, the root mean square (abbrev. RMS, rms or rms) of a set of values is the square root of the set's mean square. Given a set x i {\displaystyle
Root_mean_square
2014 single by G-Eazy
"I Mean It" is a song by American rapper G-Eazy featuring fellow rapper and record producer Remo (otherwise credited as Remo the Hitmaker). It was released
I_Mean_It
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up mean or meán in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mean is a term used in mathematics and statistics. Mean may also refer to: Mean (album), a 1987
Mean_(disambiguation)
Average of squared values of a sample
applications, the mean square is normally defined as the arithmetic mean of the squares of a set of numbers or of a random variable. It may also be defined
Mean_square
1973 film by Martin Scorsese
Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, from a screenplay co-written with Mardik Martin. It stars Harvey Keitel
Mean_Streets
N-th root of the product of n numbers
In mathematics, the geometric mean (also known as the mean proportional) is a mean or average which indicates a central tendency of a finite collection
Geometric_mean
independence and uncorrelatedness, mean independence is not symmetric: it is possible for Y {\displaystyle Y} to be mean-independent of X {\displaystyle
Mean_dependence
1932 composition by Duke Ellington
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Bubber Miley,[citation needed] first published
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
It_Don't_Mean_a_Thing_(If_It_Ain't_Got_That_Swing)
Film by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr.
Mean Girls is a 2024 American teen musical comedy film directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. from a screenplay written by Tina Fey. It is the
Mean_Girls_(2024_film)
1975 studio album by REO Speedwagon
Time We Mean It is the fifth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1975. It peaked at number 74 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1975, It was the third
This_Time_We_Mean_It
Average of the means of several subsamples of same size
In statistics, the grand mean, pooled mean, or grand average is the overall average of the values in a set of numbers, regardless of how they may be grouped
Grand_mean
Type of average of a collection of numbers
mathematics and statistics, the arithmetic mean ( /ˌærɪθˈmɛtɪk/ arr-ith-MET-ik), arithmetic average, or just the mean or average is the sum of a collection
Arithmetic_mean
Elevation of a location above a standardized sea level
altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level varies in
Height_above_mean_sea_level
Topics referred to by the same term
up mean girl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mean Girls is a 2004 American film. Mean Girls may also refer to: Mean Girls (2004 soundtrack) Mean Girls
Mean_Girls_(disambiguation)
In mathematics, the Stolarsky mean is a generalization of the logarithmic mean. It was introduced by Kenneth B. Stolarsky in 1975. For two positive real
Stolarsky_mean
2004 film by Jacob Aaron Estes
Mean Creek is a 2004 American coming-of-age psychological drama film written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes and starring Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott
Mean_Creek
Topics referred to by the same term
Mean difference may refer to: Mean absolute difference, a measure of statistical dispersion Mean signed difference, a measure of central tendency Mean
Mean_difference
Statistical amount
The weighted arithmetic mean is similar to an ordinary arithmetic mean (the most common type of average), except that instead of each of the data points
Weighted_arithmetic_mean
Probability distribution
If it is assumed that each person's score (0 ≤ θ ≤ 1) is drawn from a population-level beta distribution, then an important statistic is the mean of this
Beta_distribution
Statistical measure of central tendency
truncated mean or trimmed mean is a statistical measure of central tendency, much like the mean and median. It involves the calculation of the mean after
Truncated_mean
Differential geometry measure
Marie Meusnier used it in 1776, in his studies of minimal surfaces. It is important in the analysis of minimal surfaces, which have mean curvature zero, and
Mean_curvature
Measure of the error of an estimator
In statistics, the mean squared error (MSE) or mean squared deviation (MSD) of an estimator (of a procedure for estimating an unobserved quantity) measures
Mean_squared_error
Personal quality characterized as a vice of "lowness" or cruelty
Meanness is a personal quality whose classical form, discussed by many from Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas, characterizes it as a vice of "lowness", but
Meanness
measure of the complexity of the system. Mean dimension was first introduced in 1999 by Gromov. Shortly after it was developed and studied systematically
Mean_dimension
Topics referred to by the same term
Mean reversion may refer to: Regression toward the mean Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process Mean reversion (finance) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Mean_reversion
Inverse of the average of the inverses of a set of numbers
In mathematics, the harmonic mean is a kind of average, one of the Pythagorean means. It is sometimes used for ratios and rates such as speeds, and is
Harmonic_mean
Generalized average used for summability
the Riesz mean is a certain mean of the terms in a series. They were introduced by Marcel Riesz in 1911 as an improvement over the Cesàro mean[1][2]. The
Riesz_mean
Statistical measure
The root mean square deviation (RMSD) or root mean square error (RMSE) is a frequently used measure of the distances between actual observed values and
Root_mean_square_deviation
Parabolic partial differential equation
In the field of differential geometry in mathematics, mean curvature flow is an example of a geometric flow of hypersurfaces in a Riemannian manifold (for
Mean_curvature_flow
Statistical phenomenon
In statistics, regression toward the mean (also called regression to the mean, reversion to the mean, and reversion to mediocrity) is the phenomenon where
Regression_toward_the_mean
Probability distribution
limit theorem. It states that the average of many statistically independent samples (observations) of a random variable with finite mean and variance is
Normal_distribution
a mean flow and deviations from the mean. The averaging can be done either in space or in time, or by ensemble averaging. Calculation of the mean flow
Mean_flow
Fictional character from Mean Girls
Regina George is the main antagonist of the 2004 film Mean Girls. She is portrayed by Rachel McAdams in the film, Taylor Louderman in its Broadway musical
Regina_George
Specifies the orbit of an object in space
In celestial mechanics, the mean anomaly is the fraction of an elliptical orbit's period that has elapsed since the orbiting body passed periapsis, expressed
Mean_anomaly
Generalization of means
quasi-arithmetic mean or generalised f-mean or Kolmogorov-Nagumo-de Finetti mean is one generalisation of the more familiar means such as the arithmetic mean and the
Quasi-arithmetic_mean
Metric to evaluate a forecasting method
Mean directional accuracy (MDA), also known as mean direction accuracy, is a measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting method in statistics. It
Mean_directional_accuracy
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 2000)
gained recognition for starring as Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls (2019–2020). She reprised the role in the 2024 musical film adaptation
Reneé_Rapp
Measure of forecasting quality
In statistics, the mean absolute scaled error (MASE) is a measure of the accuracy of forecasts. It is the mean absolute error of the forecast values,
Mean_absolute_scaled_error
Geographical reference point from which various heights are measured
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights
Sea_level
Topics referred to by the same term
Mean Streak or Meanstreak may refer to: Meanstreak (band), an American thrash metal band Mean Streak (album), a 1983 album by Y&T, or its title track
Mean_Streak
2011 American teen comedy television film
Elana Lesser, and Allison Schroeder. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Mean Girls and the second film in the Mean Girls franchise. The film stars Meaghan
Mean_Girls_2
Measure of variation in statistics
the squared deviations from the mean). A useful property of the standard deviation is that, unlike the variance, it is expressed in the same unit as
Standard_deviation
American wrestling interviewer and announcer (1942–2019)
the moniker "Mean Gene". According to Ventura, "In an interview, I laughingly called him 'the Mean Gene Hot Air Machine,' and the 'Mean Gene' stuck, I'm
Gene_Okerlund
Statistical property
of a statistic (usually an estimator of a parameter, like the average or mean) is the standard deviation of its sampling distribution. The standard error
Standard_error
Statistics computed from a sample of data
The sample mean (sample average) or empirical mean (empirical average), and the sample covariance or empirical covariance are statistics computed from
Sample_mean_and_covariance
The temporal mean is the arithmetic mean of a series of values over a time period. Assuming equidistant measuring or sampling times, it can be computed
Temporal_mean
Topics referred to by the same term
Mean Machine may refer to: Mean Machine (Lucifer's Friend album) Mean Machine (U.D.O. album) Mean Machine (band), a Japanese rock band The Mean Machine
Mean_Machine
contraharmonic mean (or antiharmonic mean) is a function complementary to the harmonic mean. The contraharmonic mean is a special case of the Lehmer mean, L p {\displaystyle
Contraharmonic_mean
Level of water from which depths displayed on a nautical chart are measured
tidal phase, in which case it is also known as a tidal datum. Common chart datums are lowest astronomical tide (LAT) and mean lower low water (MLLW). In
Chart_datum
Third planet from the Sun
Sun—its mean solar day—is 86,400 seconds of mean solar time (86,400.0025 SI seconds). Because Earth's solar day is now slightly longer than it was during
Earth
Real-valued function
mathematics, a function of bounded mean oscillation, also known as a BMO function, is a real-valued function whose mean oscillation is bounded (finite).
Bounded_mean_oscillation
American professional wrestler (born 1965)
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a heel and adopted the ring name "Mean Mark" Callous, a name devised for him by Terry Funk. He was portrayed as
The_Undertaker
N-th root of the arithmetic mean of the given numbers raised to the power n
In mathematics, generalized means (or power mean or Hölder mean from Otto Hölder) are a family of functions for aggregating sets of numbers. These include
Generalized_mean
two equal-mean gambles, it is not necessarily true that either is a mean-preserving spread of the other. Distribution A is said to be a mean-preserving
Mean-preserving_spread
Measure for the size of planets and other Solar System objects
closely related mean diameter ( D {\displaystyle D} ), which is twice the mean radius, is also used. For a non-spherical object, the mean radius (denoted
Mean_radius_(astronomy)
Number, approximately 1.618
golden ratio was called the extreme and mean ratio by Euclid, and the divine proportion by Luca Pacioli; it also goes by other names. Mathematicians
Golden_ratio
Method for calculating average values
In mathematics and statistics, a circular mean or angular mean is a mean designed for angles and similar cyclic quantities, such as times of day, and fractional
Circular_mean
2015 single by Justin Bieber
"What Do You Mean?" is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was released on August 28, 2015, by Def Jam as the lead single from his fourth studio
What_Do_You_Mean?
Mathematical technique
vision and image processing. The mean shift procedure is usually credited to work by Fukunaga and Hostetler in 1975. It is, however, reminiscent of earlier
Mean_shift
Fictional character
Sarkisian or Janis ʻImiʻike in the musical versions, is a character from the Mean Girls franchise. She is portrayed by Lizzy Caplan in the original 2004 film
Janis_Ian_(Mean_Girls)
1985 single by Schoolly D
"P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" (also written as "P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)") is a song released in 1985 by Philadelphia rapper Schoolly D on his independent
P.S.K._What_Does_It_Mean?
Measure of statistical dispersion
relative mean absolute difference, which is the mean absolute difference divided by the arithmetic mean, and equal to twice the Gini coefficient. The mean absolute
Mean_absolute_difference
Predicted elapsed time between inherent failures of a system during operation
Mean time between failures (MTBF) is the predicted elapsed time between inherent failures of a mechanical or electronic system during normal system operation
Mean_time_between_failures
Average mass of hemoglobin (Hb) per red blood cell (RBC)
The mean corpuscular hemoglobin, or "mean cell hemoglobin" (MCH), is the average mass of hemoglobin (Hb) per red blood cell (RBC) in a sample of blood
Mean_corpuscular_hemoglobin
Measure of prediction accuracy of a forecast
The mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), also known as mean absolute percentage deviation (MAPD), is a measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting
Mean absolute percentage error
Mean_absolute_percentage_error
Financial term
Mean reversion is a financial term for the assumption that an asset's price will tend to converge to the average price over time. Using mean reversion
Mean_reversion_(finance)
Difference of two numbers divided by the logarithm of their quotient
The logarithmic mean of two numbers is smaller than the arithmetic mean and the generalized mean with exponent greater than 1. However, it is larger than
Logarithmic_mean
English reality television judge, television producer and music executive (born 1959)
December 2003, he published his autobiography titled I Don't Mean to be Rude, but.... In it, he told of his childhood, his years working in music and experiences
Simon_Cowell
Static pressure exerted by the weight of the Earth's atmosphere
9212 inHg, or about 14.696 psi. The atm unit is roughly equivalent to the mean sea-level atmospheric pressure on Earth; that is, the Earth's atmospheric
Atmospheric_pressure
Type of temperature
The concept of mean radiant temperature (MRT) is used to quantify the exchange of radiant heat between a human and their surrounding environment, with
Mean_radiant_temperature
Statistical measure of central tendency
winsorized mean is a winsorized statistical measure of central tendency, much like the mean and median, and even more similar to the truncated mean. It involves
Winsorized_mean
Summability method used in harmonic analysis
Bochner–Riesz mean is a summability method often used in harmonic analysis when considering convergence of Fourier series and Fourier integrals. It was introduced
Bochner–Riesz_mean
Aphorism against extremism
The golden mean or golden middle way is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. It appeared in Greek at
Golden_mean_(philosophy)
In statistics, the mean signed difference (MSD), also known as mean signed deviation, mean signed error, or mean bias error is a sample statistic that
Mean_signed_deviation
Recovery metric
that some suppliers will interpret MTTR to mean 'mean time to respond' and others will take it to mean 'mean time to replace/repair/recover/resolve'. The
Mean_time_to_recovery
American actress (born 1985)
with her breakthrough role as Karen Smith in the cult classic teen comedy Mean Girls. She found further success with leading roles in the musical Mamma
Amanda_Seyfried
American businesswoman (1920–2007)
behavior, especially towards her employees, earned her the nickname Queen of Mean. Helmsley was born Lena Mindy Rosenthal in Marbletown, New York, to Polish-Jewish
Leona_Helmsley
2011 single by Taylor Swift
released it to country radio in the United States as the album's third single on March 7, 2011. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, "Mean" is a banjo-led
Mean_(song)
2001 film by Barry Skolnick
Mean Machine is a 2001 sports comedy film directed by Barry Skolnick and starring former footballer Vinnie Jones. The film is an adaptation of the 1974
Mean_Machine_(film)
Statistical error measure
In statistics, mean absolute error (MAE) is a measure of errors between paired observations expressing the same phenomenon. Examples of Y versus X include
Mean_absolute_error
Bound on probability of a random variable being far from its mean
around the mean, in statistics. The inequality has great utility because it can be applied to any probability distribution in which the mean and variance
Chebyshev's_inequality
Measure of average lifespan in a given population
remaining at age x). This can be defined in two ways. Cohort LEB is the mean length of life of a birth cohort (in this case, all individuals born in a
Life_expectancy
2002 studio album by The Starting Line
Say It Like You Mean It is the debut studio album by American rock band the Starting Line, following their debut EP With Hopes of Starting Over.... It was
Say_It_Like_You_Mean_It
Measure of hemoglobin concentration in red blood cells
The mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) is a measure of the concentration of hemoglobin in a given volume of packed red blood cell. It is
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
Mean_corpuscular_hemoglobin_concentration
Regular and periodic mutual gravitational influence of orbiting bodies
to a commensurability. It is much more common for pairs of planets to have orbital period ratios a few percent larger than a mean-motion resonance ratio
Orbital_resonance
Average air pressure in assisted ventilation
Mean airway pressure typically refers to the mean pressure applied during positive-pressure mechanical ventilation. Mean airway pressure correlates with
Mean_airway_pressure
associative, it defines a semilattice. A classic problem is to determine which spaces admit a mean. For example, Euclidean spaces admit a mean -- the usual
Mean_operation
Approximation of physical behavior
In physics and probability theory, mean-field theory (MFT) or self-consistent field theory studies the behavior of high-dimensional random (stochastic)
Mean-field_theory
Anything that causes a sexual response
as a stimulus. Sexual stimulation is a broad term, usually understood to mean physical touching of the genitals or other body parts. The term can, however
Sexual_stimulation
Angular speed required for a body to complete one orbit
In orbital mechanics, mean motion (represented by n) is the angular speed required for a body to complete one orbit, assuming constant speed in a circular
Mean_motion
Wealth includes both financial and non-financial assets. Farther down is a mean-wealth-only table, from the World Inequality Database. UBS publishes various
List of countries by wealth per adult
List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult
Perceiving the world to be more dangerous than it really is
Mean world syndrome is a proposed cognitive bias wherein people may perceive the world to be more dangerous than it is. This is due to long-term moderate
Mean_world_syndrome
MEAN IT
MEAN IT
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lecturer, Respect, Supernatural power, Lord of mind
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular). Occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for a someone considered of little importance.English : nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly’, ‘amiable’ (of unknown origin; there is apparently no connection with Bain or Bon).Scottish : Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Beathán, a diminutive of beatha ‘life’.Translation of German Bohne, or an altered spelling of Biehn. See also Bihn.Mistranslation of French Lefevre. As the vocabulary word fèvre ‘smith’ was replaced by forgeron, the meaning of the old word became opaque, and the surname was reinterpreted as if it were La fève, from fève ‘(fava) bean’. Lefevre is the most common name in French Canada; great numbers of them migrated to the US, where many adopted the name Bean, in the belief that it was a translation of Lefèvre. See also Lafave.
Female
Hungarian
Hungarian feminine form of Latin Timæus, TÃMEA means "honor."
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : nickname for a thin or lean person, from Middle English lene ‘lean’ (Old English hlǣne).Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Reduced form of Scottish McLean.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cian, KEAN means "ancient, distant."
Male
Hebrew
Short form of Hebrew Immanuw'el (English Immanuel), MAN means "God is with us."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Seán, SEAN means "God is gracious."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English mǣd).English : metonymic occupational name for a brewer or seller of mead (Old English meodu), an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mease or Meece.Norwegian (Sør Trøndelag) : habitational name from a farmstead named Meås, from me ‘middle’ + ås ‘hill’, ‘ridge’.French (Méas) : habitational name from a locality so named in Nièvre.Cambodian : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Pearl
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean, Deane, or Deen from this word. In Scotland this is a habitational name from Den in Aberdeenshire or Dean in Ayrshire.English : occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official who was the head of a chapter of canons in a cathedral. The Middle English word deen is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon.Irish : variant of Deane.Italian : occupational name cognate with 2, from Venetian dean ‘dean’, a dialect form of degan, from degano (Italian decano).
Girl/Female
Hindu
Precious blue stone, Fish, Jewel (Wife of the himalayas)
Male
English
 English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Latin word decanus, DEAN means "dean; ecclesiastical supervisor."
Female
English
Pet form of Welsh Mared, MEGAN means "pearl."Â
Male
French
A derivative of Anglo-Norman French Jehan, JEAN means "God is gracious." Compare with feminine Jean.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant spelling of Keane.English : variant spelling of Keen.
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, Chinese, German, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Italian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Wife of the Himalayas; Female Parrot; Love; Strong; Intellect; Speech; Woman; Mother of Menaka; The Daughter of Mahameru
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from the personal name Jean, French form of
John.English : variant of Jayne.A Vivien Jean, recorded in Canada in 1681, was also known as
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : shortened form of McMeans.English : habitational names from East and West Meon in Hampshire, which take their names from the Meon river. The word is Celtic but of uncertain meaning, possibly ‘swift one’.nickname from Middle English mene ‘inferior in rank’, ‘of low degree’ (from Old English gemǣne), or from Middle English mene ‘moderate in behaviour’ (from Old French mëen, mean).
Female
English
Scottish form of French Jeanne, JEAN means "God is gracious." Compare with masculine Jean.
MEAN IT
MEAN IT
Girl/Female
Indian
One who speaks of, Speaker
Girl/Female
Hindu
Golden image
Girl/Female
Hindu
Of good character, Clever in amorous sciences
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
The Dispassionate
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Knight
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu
Sky; Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Latin
Peaceful Town; From the Peaceful Farm
Boy/Male
Indian, Traditional
Meaningful
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
Free Man
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
River in India
MEAN IT
MEAN IT
MEAN IT
MEAN IT
MEAN IT
superl.
Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
v. t.
To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
a.
Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
n.
A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.
n.
Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
pl.
of Man
v. i.
Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
n.
Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.
superl.
Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
a.
Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.
imp. & p. p.
of Mean
n.
Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.
v. t.
To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
v. i.
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
n.
That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
n.
pl. of Man.
v. t.
To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
v. i.
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
superl.
Of poor quality; as, mean fare.