Definitions

arithmetic mean

NOUN

average value

Synonyms

WEAK

average expectation expected value first moment mean sample mean simple average

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Formally the arithmetic mean is known as the first moment of the distribution.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The arithmetic mean of these three numbers is 23.6 percent.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The reason for this difference, 16 versus 23.6, is that the arithmetic mean is additive and thus does not account for the interest on the interest, compound interest, embedded in the investment growth process.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The term "mean" is a shortened form of "arithmetic mean."

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

If, first, we take the arithmetic mean of these limits, we get 117 millions of years.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John