Definition of average

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

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Lunation :: Lunation (n.) The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 29/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s..
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..
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..
Medial :: Medial (a.) Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation..
Averpenny :: Averpenny (n.) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.
Average :: Average (n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets..
Barleycorn :: Barleycorn (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch..
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..
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 (v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss..
Level :: Level (n.) A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a condition conformable to natural law or which will secure a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level..
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen..
Average :: Average (a.) According to the laws of averages; as, the loss must be made good by average contribution..
Average :: Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.
Average :: Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
Average :: Average (n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc..
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..
Exceptional :: Exceptional (a.) Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior..
Average :: Average (n.) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc..
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