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Definition of average

Average
Average Av"er*age, a. 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 contribution.
Average
Average Av"er*age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Averaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. 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, get, etc., on an average.
Average
Average Av"er*age, v. i. 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.

Meaning of average from wikipedia

- In ordinary language, an average is a single number or value that best represents a set of data. The type of average taken as most typically representative...
- average (rolling average or running average or moving mean or rolling mean) is a calculation to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of...
- In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length...
- terms average Joe, ordinary Joe, regular Joe, Joe Sixpack, Joe Lunchbucket, Joe Snuffy, Joe Blow, Joe Schmoe (for males), and ordinary Jane, average Jane...
- Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region. With regard to the first table, original studies and...
- In economics, average cost (AC) or unit cost is equal to total cost (TC) divided by the number of units of a good produced (the output Q): AC=TCQ.{\displaystyle...
- Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic...
- In physical attractiveness studies, averageness describes the physical beauty that results from averaging the facial features of people of the same gender...
- of European countries by monthly average wage (annual divided by 12 months) gross and net income (after taxes) average wages for full-time employees in...
- cricket, a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken. The lower the bowling average is, the better the bowler is...