Word: trimean
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tri
mean
Definition: A measure of a probability distribution's location defined as a weighted average of the distribution's median and its two quartiles.
Morphemes:
Affix: tri-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in combination with a known element name (e.g. 'tri-silicon') to designate an unknown element that would reside three periods lower than the known element on a Mendeleev-type periodic table. See Mendeleev's predicted elements.
Affix: mean
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: medius
Language: la
Decoded: medius
Meaning: middle