MEAN VALUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mean value mean? 

• MEAN VALUE (noun)
  The noun MEAN VALUE has 1 sense:

1. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

  Familiarity information: MEAN VALUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEAN VALUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

mean; mean value

Hypernyms ("mean value" is a kind of...):

average; norm (a statistic describing the location of a distribution)

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mean value"):

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)

 Context examples 

The mean value of the amount of weight gained over a period of time.

(Average Body Weight Gain, NCI Thesaurus)

Rapid fluctuations in scattering intensity, around a mean value at a certain angle, occur because of particle diffusion and are dependent upon on particle size.

(Photon Correlation Spectroscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

The mean value of the amount of weight change over a period of time, relative to the beginning of the collection period.

(Average Body Weight Gain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)