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Average :: Average (v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss..

Average :: Average (v. t.) To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average..

Average :: Average (n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc..

Average :: Average (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..

Average :: Average (a.) According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution..

Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.

Average :: Average (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.

Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..

Average :: Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.

Toman :: Toman (n.) A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars..

Average :: Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.

Average :: Average (n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc..

Averpenny :: Averpenny (n.) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

Mean :: Mean (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..

Hyetograph :: Hyetograph (n.) A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.

Average :: Average (v. t.) To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean..

Grain :: Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram..

Barleycorn :: Barleycorn (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch..

Equate :: Equate (v. t.) To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances..

Exceptional :: Exceptional (a.) Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior..

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