arithmetic mean
Noun

arithmetic mean (plural arithmetic means)

  1. (statistics, probability) The measure of central tendency of a set of values computed by dividing the sum of the values by their number; commonly called the mean or the average.
    The arithmetic mean of 3, 6, 2, 3 and 6 is (3 + 6 + 2 + 3 + 6) / 5 = 4.
Synonyms Translations
  • French: moyenne arithmétique
  • German: arithmetisches Mittel
  • Italian: media aritmetica
  • Portuguese: média aritmética
  • Russian: сре́днее арифмети́ческое
  • Spanish: media aritmética



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