What is the definition of the word Mean?

Answer 1

* average: 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" * mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" * hateful: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood" * base: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" * entail: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" * excellent; "famous for a mean backhand" * denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" * intend: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" * beggarly: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" * (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" * have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything" * think of: intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" * beggarly: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt * destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you" * an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n * bastardly: of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * In statistics, mean has two related meanings:* the average in ordinary English, which is more correctly called the arithmetic mean, to distinguish it from geometric mean or harmonic mean. The average is also called sample mean.* the expected value of a random variable, which is also called the population mean.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean * The arithmetic average; the sum of the data divided by the sample size.

helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/glossary/lm.htm * The mean is the most common measure of central tendency and the one that can be mathematically manipulated. It is defined as the average of a distribution is equal to the SX / N. Simply, the mean is computed by summing all the scores in the distribution (SX) and dividing that sum by the total number of scores (N). The mean is the balance point in a distribution such that if you subtract each value in the distribution from the mean and sum all of these deviation scores, the result will be zero.

bobhall.tamu.edu/FiniteMath/Module8/Introduction.html * In statistics, the average obtained by dividing the sum of two or more quantities by the number of these quantities.

csmp.ucop.edu/cmp/resources/glossary.html * A mathematical average of a set of numbers or measurements, with the mean equaling the sum of the numbers divided by the number of units. The mean radius of the Moon, for example, is the average radius figured from multiple measurements.

home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonpedia/ * A measure of the central tendency of a data set, the mean is the average value in a data set. It is determined by adding all the values and dividing the sum by the number of values in the data set.

www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ph/phecc/definitions.cfm * In statistics, the measure of central tendency calculated by adding all the values and dividing the sum by the number of values. (Often referred to as the average.)

math-terms.org/m.html * One of several ways of representing a group with a single, typical score. It is figured by adding up all the individual scores in a group and dividing them by the number of people in the group. Can be affected by extremely low or high scores.

serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/assessment/glossary.html * In a collection of data, the sum of all the data divided by the number of data.

www.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/mathematics/glossary.shtml * A measure of central tendency, the arithmetic average; a statistic used primarily with interval-ratio variables following symmetrical distributions.

www.epa.gov/evaluate/glossary/m-esd.htm * (synonyms: arithmetic mean, average) The average value calculated by adding all the observations and dividing by the number of observations.

www.sahealthinfo.org/evidence/m-n.htm * Arithmetic average calculated by adding up all scores and dividing the total by the number of scores.

www.rotc.monroe.army.mil/helpdesk/definitions-1/terms.htm * The average of a set of numbers. Calculated by adding several numbers together, counting how many numbers are being added, and then dividing by that number.

www.atozinvestments.com/investing-terms-m.html * Average score; sum of individual scores divided by the total number of scores.

www.wrightslaw.com/links/glossary.assessment.htm * Arithmetic average; the mean of a set of values is calculated by dividing the sum of those values by the number of them (for example, mean fibre diameter.):

www.woolontheweb.com.au/LivePage.aspx * the average of a set of numbers found by adding the numbers in a set and dividing by the number of addends.

aplacetolearnaplacetogrow.com/math_stuff/fcat%20math%20glossary.htm * The arithmetic average, or the middle point between two extremes.

weather.ncbuy.com/glossary.html * the arithmetic average of a set of numbers.

www.northeast-hs.pinellas.k12.fl.us/glossary.html * The average value of a group of numbers.

highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007256296x/student_view0/glossary.html * The average value of a set of data.

atschool.eduweb.co.uk/kingworc/departments/geography/asglossarycw.htm * a statistical measurement of the central tendency, or average, of a set of values. Contrast with median.

www.thebody.com/sfaf/summer01/glossary.html * the quotient obtained when the sum of the numbers in a set is divided by the number of addends; the average

www.ovsd.k12.ca.us/Standards/mathglossary.html * The sum of a set of numbers divided by the number of elements in the set.

www.moesc.k12.oh.us/mcos/glossary-math.htm * the sum of the items in a set of data divided by the number of items in the set; the average (The mean of {1,1,1,2,4,6,6} is 3 since (1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 6 + 6) ÷ 7 = 3.)

education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/vocabulary/ * Another term for the arithmetic average.

www.satellite-tv-hq.com/telecom-glossary-m.htm * known as the arithmetic average; to obtain the mean, the scores are added together and then divided by the number of students who took the test; the mean is a descriptive statistic. Mode: the most frequently received score in a distribution.

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To be used to convey or denote, as in How do you make words mean so many different things? As a symbol of something or to represent something, as in The color black meansdeath. Intention to convey or indicate, as in Please say what you mean. As a purpose or intention, as in I mean to study more this semester. As a consequence, as in Winter means cold weather. The importance or value of something, as in He means nothing to me. To be a mean person, selfish in a petty way or unkind, cruel, spiteful, or malicious.

Answer 2

The term "mean" can have several meanings. It can refer to an average value, a person who is unkind or malicious, or a way of achieving a goal through unkind actions. The exact definition depends on the context in which it is used.