Definition of average

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Average (n.) A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10..

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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 (a.) 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..
Medial :: Medial (a.) Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation..
Average :: Average (n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets..
Average :: Average (v. t.) To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean..
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..
Average :: Average (a.) According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution..
Average :: Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen..
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..
Rainfall :: Rainfall (n.) A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region..
Hyetograph :: Hyetograph (n.) A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.
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..
Average :: Average (n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc..
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.
Averaged :: Averaged (imp. & p. p.) of Averag.
Mean :: Mean (a.) Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day..
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..
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